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Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15
Defense Plant Blast
Kills One, PeriIs so

EDGEWATER. ~. J.. Dec. Is
tINS).--One workman was killed.
another injured and go others had
narrow escapes today when n
hydrogen tank exploded At the
Edgewater plant Of Spencer Kel-
logg and Sons Company. Damage
was estimated AZ $3.50. 900.
FBI agents and naval intelli-
gence officers made an investiga-
tion. because the Kellogg company
produces hydrogen-filled cylinders
for aircraft companies.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15

Hobbs Land Professor Hobbs has
a distinguished career as an ex-
plorer.
Ilene McKeown. a third grade
student Of Vetal School, will ap-
pear on a national radio program.
She recently composed a sonata
and three piano compositions
Frank Churchill and Frederic Bed
dow OF Eastern High School arc
star howlers .., Broker Lee Jones,
former pilot, escorting Canadian
fliers on a Detroit visit.
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15

crowdin'g m .
Michigan Thea
ter 10 see their
or m er class
mate Joan Les
lie in the film
IS er z e a n :
York" Ad-
miral Richard
Byrd has nou-
tied Prof VIII
liam II. Hobbs
Of the Univer-
sity Of Michigan
that The Antarc-
tic coast line
east Of Little
a m er iCa has
a a a "a - q - n 4
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15

Philip Areeda
and Patsy Per-
kins OF S ]
School recently
appeared in a
tre as ury de-
partment movie
10 promote de-
fense bonds
! n c i d o n tally
Frank n. Is
beys drive 10
make Michigan
No. l. state in
defense b on d
drive has won
Inc praise OF
W A Z h ! n gton
and he NAV no
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15


series OF clinics at the Mayo
Clinic.
WILSON SCHOOL teachers
w Mrs---Aelen Yunker. Mrs.
Charlotte Palmer and Hazel VII
son planning oui -of-town Christ
mas trips Evelyn Carey of
Hunter School Will vacation in
Cuba Elizabeth BaXterm. Edna
Edgar, Gertrude Girard and Ger
trlde Collins Of the same school
viii spend their vacations IN
Florida.
Circuit Judge James r Chenot
is an expert billiard player -. 81.
Benedicts High School students
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15

W IL program
for presentation
AZ the Rotary
Club . DR..
J. O. Perrine Of
New York ar
irving for a
faculty lecture
al Wayne u.
More than
500 doctors IN
Wayne County
are conducting
draft board eX-
aminatlonS 4.
DR.. C. ~. Jackie
eav nC for
II o1c h egS er.
... a
Detroit evening times., 1941-12-15

dfU ne mdy De
drafted for bigger job. y
Wayne Us Fowler Smith ar
ranging for a Latln-America good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Of the Tax Lists

One of the most difficult problems that cities and towns have had to face of recent years is loss of taxable land and property through acquisition of the same by the state. Or perhaps it be a large municipality which reaches out and buys up land and rights for water sup plies. Or it may be a state park or forest which is tax-eXempt land All of which brought forth some interesting facts last week when there was a legislative hear ing on a bill designed to protect towns from such losses.
 Of course it is always claimed that the town doesn't really lose in the long run, because nearby property is increased in valuation. Other similar claims are made, but the truth of the matter IS for long years past the tax lists of some of the towns of the state have been steadily increased AS State Tax Con- missioner Charles J. Mclaughlin put it last week, "The town of Barkhamstead has been rifled enough Bark hamstead was deprived of taxes on 374 acres of land through loss of land for the Hartford Metropolitan District wa ter supply,
 undoubtedly the state has adopted a hit or miss policy ana there are some inequalities, the State Tax Com mi jsioner is reported as saying at tho hearing. What is proposed in Bark hamsteadS case is an annual payment of $500 as reimbursement for being de- prived of taxes. Whether this proposal is adopted or some other the fact re- mains that policy with regard to such situations in the future ought to be adopted right now. Towns have a right to feel aggrieved when they are deprived of taxable property with no correspond ing reciprocaton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson, native of Ohio, was another American writer who liked to tell of life in the typical small Ameri- can community, such as he probably knew in his home town and state. He was occupied in the manufacture of house paint and perhaps found it more or less dull, so took to writing. One piece of writing led to another and his entire out put of novels numbers about forty.
 He had unique style which was enjoy ed by the more modern in thought readers. Others wondered what he was talking about, say for instance when they started reading Triumph of the Egg" One of his early books was "Wnes- burg, Ohio," which depicted the sort of town which exists in the middle west. He wrote, among other things, Dark Laug- hter," which bridged the gap between it and his earlier novel, "Windy McPher- son."
 His literary importance was felt par ticularly in the short story field He was outstanding as man of American letters. He may never have produced what he hoped to produce or create in literary way, but he wrote sincerely and honestly. Some are of the opinion that Anderson never knew exactly what he wanted to express in literary way. His philosophy was not particularly sound or clear. His craftmanshp was noticeable but he never quite got to base in the things he wanted to say. He could tell tale with conviction but the children of his brain were little too weird to be understood by the general reading public, He knew the small town American, but some of his enthusiasms were centered on per sons or things that were not worth be- coming enthusiastic about. AS a story teller he held an important place in American writing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Decentralizing the SEC

The federal government is getting too big and too complicated to function entirely in the crowded city of Washing ton. Various moves are under way to decentralize the sprawling public eStab- lishment which, often for no good req son, feels that it can function only in the capital. Newest move to unscramble this situation is in the Securities and EX- change Commission, whose Cleveland regional office has just made effective the first security registration to be handled entirely outside Washington. The San Francisco SEC office is preparing to act similarly.
 Regional financing of this kind means less delay (only one week after the regis tration statement was filed, in the Cleve. land easel and also less dependence on the single financial center of New York, and the single regulatory center of Washington. There is going to be more of this in other government offices beside the SEC, and good thing, too. Every economic and military consideration to- day calls for elimination of bottleneckS in government as well as in industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

There doesn't seem too much hope for the bills putting Waterbury streets in the trunk highway system after the pleas that State Highway Commissioner William J. Cox has been making at the Capitol the last week or so. The High way Department boss has spoken and written to state officials and legislators not to upset his budget for the coming biennium if the state wants to see &C., compished the ambitious program that he has been outlining. Any deviation from departmental plans, forced by in clusion of new routes in the department maintenance scheme, would mean that much off the new construction program. All of which should make us stop and think a bit before espousing the local cause too loudly. We still think the cities are not getting a just return for the amount of money motorists turn into the state in gas taxes and other forms Of licensing. Our streets are completely dependent on property taxes. That's not as it should be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Selected Poem
HIGHLAND MOTHERS

(Dora Reed Goodae in the Christian Science
 Monitor She come through Cumberland Gap my mother did, In her mammys arms, In kiVered wagon. This hull wilderness country Was hunting timber then Full of deer and Injuns Where now It's thick of
 houses Was mebby one cabin and Q fenced-in corn-patch When she WaG young
 I like to know what's back And then come up! She'll tell how the wildcats
 hollered, .,.... Or how little-bitty pig got out And big bar run 1t home, and jumped the paings Plumb Into stand Of bees And If she drops off In the midst of her telling We just ease through the room And let her sleep.
 The young ones was raised hard then My mother was raised hard. They larned em good to work and to live honest; Folks was soon married And had big families: fourteen my mother cooked By an open fire; and she spun sheeps' wool And heckled flax; the closen they wore, she made Yes, coats and brooches, too And washed em in @ wash-biler; and she dipped
 candles And pieced her bedspreads and when all was done,
 reckon, Creeped out and mixed the COW!
 I'm glad that's over. For nigh on eight year now she's kept her chair Or stepped about on the crooch as Eston made, And seed her grandchildren and her great-grand-
 children Love her and terd her good. never had d bit of racket in me, But when I think of some folks pore old mothers, And their pore old fathers, Hits rouStS me up And makes me feel like little sheep-killin' dogl I'm on the slope inside I'm on the slope, And if didn't do right by my old mother My cushion wouldn't soft to set down on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Uncle Sam, Landlord

It is customary to say that the public domain is gone = that the nation no longer owns vast tracts of vacant land. Yet the Federal Government today owns more than 20 per cent of all the land in the United tSateS, according to a survey by the National Emergency Council. This vast atea of 394, ,657,721 acres includes holdings in 2,628 of the 3,071 counties of the nation, and in 2,965 cities.
 In fact the city holdings are becoming a problem for some cities, which cannot tax them, hints the American Municipal Association. For even if the Federal Gov ernment were to make some contribution to the city in lieu of taxes which cannot be levied, as in Washington, who would pay it? Ask the man who pays taxes; he knows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

The lecturer is Thomas M. Me- Melee, an easy-talking personablc young man, who can expound in- definitely on the failings Of the U. s. economic system, and who Is not averse to slipping in an oc- Casional program, he declared that the way to speed it up was to take q leaf from the Ns2ls by cutting down civilian consumption and Increasing the productivity" of labor.
 "Gcrmany," he declared. "has learned her lesson. We haven't"
 This remark was the last straw for c Federal Reserve Board Gcon- omist, who had been listening in rising ire. "Tf you Ike the Nazis No much," he blurted out. "why 6on't you bring Hitler over here?' McNeice made no reply.
 N0TE-1n a Saturday Evening Post article last August, Mooney declared that the British were taking a "hell of G licking" urged the United States to "get busy at 0ncc' and bring about a negotiat- cd peace. We have already done too much monkey!ng around In the European sltuatiOn," Mooney wrote, lin helping England and France to take on Germany for light"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Another close adviser of Presi- dent Roosevelt will fhortly go to London for q first-hand survey. He is Assistant Secretary of Con- meree Robert Hinckley, originator of the student pilot training and airport expansion programs, who will study civilian air operation under war conditions Re. preventative R. T. Buekler, earn- est Minnesota Farmer-L -Laborlte has an unusual political record. In every election since 1884 he has led his party's ticket In his dis- trict by Q wide margin.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Through the Ceiling

One after another, past records which stood for all-time highs in industrial America must be broken. Those 1929 levels which looked so infinitely desirable for several years are in for bad beating soon, and why not, since the country has a lot more people in it?
 Latest top to be broken through is in steel The American Iron and Steel Insti- tute has announced that steel-producing capacity has reached new peak of 84,- 1520O0 net tons of steel ingots and cast ings year. The 1929 level was 72,985, ,000 The time of Back to 1929!" has happily gone. It is time to think in terms of Ahead to 1945!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Current Comment

Citizens have n right to expect that the schools will help solve problems of fitness.-Dr. N. L. En- gelhardt of Columbia University.
  To act in the spirit of Christian mercy is a good business. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
 MT. Kndsen has asked industry to do what was frankly termed the impossible. And let me add that it will do the impossible.-H. w. Prem tis, Pr, president, National Associa- ton of Manufacturers
 
 count it a joy and a privilege to help feed the flame of liberty, or re- kindle it wherever 1t has been qucnched. Helen Keller, blind writer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

The amount of money being turned over to a city like Waterbury for dirt road mprovement-$l7, 800 year--is a mere pittance compared to what the aver age motorist spends on gasoline taxes just driving his car over streets that arc maintained by the City of Waterbury. Fines assessed for law violations along city streets are considerable sum, too Usually they are the result of vigilance of local enforcement officers who are paid for income largely realized through property taxation This is problem that has always been avoided in public dis cussions, but it's most pertinent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Press Comment
MIR. UPMAN HAS 4 CASE
(NeW Britain Heraldl


 As Prank Upman, Jr, acting ad- ministrator for Connecticut's WPA, puts 1t, the judicial system Is not to be condemned because now and then 6 judge falls short of the probity that goes with the bench. Hence 1t is unfair, he. says, to scourage tho entire WPA and its personnel merely because nine of its officials in the state were found guilty of irregularities.
 In this MT. Upman talks sense. Which means he has Q good case against the assertions of U. s. District Court Judge Carroll c. Hincks, when the latter threw as- pensions on the WPA last Monday.
 When we wrote an editorial about the "WPA scandal" the other day We took care not to take in too much WPA territory, and specifi- cally mentioned the fact that in the our opinion 1t is never wise to blame an entire institution for the failures of persons who may be identified with 1t. Such failures are apt to be personal failures having nothing to do with the institution itself.
 The WPA management cleaned house very effectively in the Con- necticut case. It was WPA officials who trailed the other WPA officials, and 1t was they who brought them to book. We are glad they did the work and not the Justice depart ment or the FBI. By doing their work so efficiently 1t indicated that the top men were very anxious in- deed to keep the service clean.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11


 For instance, Mrs Burton k. Wheeler, wife of the Senator and q leading member of the America First Committee, received q tele- gram last month from Robert l.. Bliss, one of the Cemmittee's staff, In which he said.
 "Pleafc have Senator Wheel CT send Congratulat0ry wire to Tudor Gardiner, Jr" chairman America First Committee meet Ing Symphony Hall Boston x D. m. General Hugh Johnson speaking. (signcd Robert l.. Bliss"
 One of the most interesting ef- forts to Influence public opinion was in regard to The March of Time. the neWsrecl produced by Henry R. Luce. publisher of Time, Life, and Fortune. Apparently the America First Committee planned to crack down on The March of Time through Will Hays. Czar of the motion picture industry: for on February 6 a memo signed "R. l.. B." presumably Robert l.. BlisS) was addressed to Dr. DWYer and R. Douglas Stuart of the America First staff, as follows;
 My Idea on the March of Time letter for VIII Hays would be something along the line that the March of Time X presented aS Q feature news editorial scr- vice to mOvleg0ers. Many people, depending on the authenticity of what they see and the de- auctions drawn In the edit0rial- izing by the commentator. can be mi"led, and the March of Time is being used at present as a dangerous propaganda ma chine to get us into the war ...
 "T'd let loose on this thing and Iambast the hell out of it. in- dIcating that 1t is a prOfit.mak- ing propaganda machine for Luce, who evidently saw that the margin of profit and enterprise in publishing right now was In being on the side that wanted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

hour to pass by without filling our minds with the realization that God is sufficient for any situation men may create.
 The New Testament came out of time of fire, sword, and persecu~ ton. The little handful of Chris tians living in the Mediterranean basis were bringing down on them selves the derision and hatred of their contemporaries because they were standing for what appeared to be lost cause and absolutely set ting themselves against powers be- fore which all the rest of the world had bowed. These Christians were, in the eyes of their fellows, a ridic- ulous, fanatical group. The accusa- ton brought against them was that they did contrary to the decrees of Caesar. saying that there was an- other king, one Jesus. They insisted that there were spiritual forces above the might of Caesar.
 History has vindicated their po- sition and will continue to vindicate it. In a day when everything is shaking about us, this is the time for men to lay hold on the eternal realities of God.
 All Rights Reserved
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

prison. But it is hard to find justi- fication of the handcuffing of form CT Mayor Hayes. That was nothing but further igonominy and humilia. tion heaped upon Q man who had shown no intention of evading the consequences of his conviction. Un- less there was some good reason not publicly known for the shackling of MT. Hayes, that treatment of the former Acknowledgements will long be remembered as bit of gratuf- tous cruelty, especially in view of the fact that others delivered at the prison to begin sentence were not so treated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the Vice President oi the United States.
 2. Which breed of dog Is nat uraily tailless?
 8. Where Is the Field Museum Of Natural History?
 4. Which wealthy American ha- bitually distributed new times as tlpsp
 5. How many points have the stars o nthe American flag?
 6. What Is the British term for mems garters?
 2. Charles Frohman was an American theatrical manager, British actor, or Q noted novelistp
 8. Was Hezekiah king of Israel or Judah?
 9. Who painted the picture "Carmencita," now in the Metre politan Museum2
 10. Which of these states, Massa- chusetts, Connecticut or Virginia, furnished the largest number of troops for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary WarP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
SEED CATALOGUES
(Roston Postl

N0V5tOAk GoSV
 If there's faraway look in a lot of mems eyes these days, and ntera- ture on the 5:l5 includes more than & few readers of garden catalogues, you may logically conclude there's a change of seasons ahead. That's the way of the suburbanite when tha traces of winter begin to fade.
 Most men are subject to the yearning for a little backyard gar- den" at least some time during their lives. This year, with the return of the "war garden" and the spread as garden clubs memberships, will be . big one for countless thousands oi them. The seed catalogue b the hardest of perennials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
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 Q. Are the initials of the artist who designed the coin on the Line coin one.cent piecee
 A. -The coin was designed by Victor D. Brenner and in i09 his initials originally were on the mar gin of the reverse. They were too conspicuous and were removed after nearly 30 million pieces had been issued. Tn 1918, the initials were put back under the shoulder of the Lincoln bust. They are SO small aA to be almost invisible.
 e. What proportion of the elig. ible voters cast their ballots in thG ie40 Presidential elections2
 A. The Bureau of the Census estimated e0,52s, 900 potential voters, native born and naturaliZed citi- zens of eligible age, and of these 62 percent voted; the estimated num- Der of voters who had qualified by registration was 60,576,970, and of these 82 per cent cast their ballots.
 @. Who wrote a book review on D. s. Freeman's life of Robert F. Lee entitled "The Soldier Who Walked With God" and where can I find 1t?
 A. Two articles by F. L. owsley were published in "The American Review" for February and April, 1885 tvol. ", pages 435-46o; and Vol. V, pages 62-7D.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
MANDCUFFING HAYES
,Hartford Times)


 The dramatic seizure and hustling off to prison of eight of the defen- dants in the Waterbury conspiracy cases may possibly have been war ranted as a demonstration that though long-deferred the judgment of the law is unacceptable. Once the Supreme Court handed down final judgment in these cases the de- fendants were due for entrance into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

With all Waterbury practically agreed on the necessity of an additional pipe line, there should not be too much diff ficulty in persuading the Legislature to agree to some plan of financing. Whether or not it is the one the city now advocates the fact remains that here Is an urgent problem. The city has long delayed 1t; let's get at 1t now as fast as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 4:4B a. m.
 Sun rises 6:l1 a. m.; sets 5:54 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 March always has an ace up her sleeve for those who try to rush the seasons. But despite last weeks storm and predictions for more snow this month the outlook Is for speedy dissipation of winters icy covering before the month is two-thirds gone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

history as [ h c years 1066. 1492, 1920 and 1776.
 Of this we can be sure, [ h a t this year will be Q holocaust If we t ry to g o through 1t with out a sense of Gods overarch- ing providence, We should not allow another
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-11

c. Is a retired worker, drawing monthly benefits under the Social Security Act, allowed to earn any money to supplement his retirement benefit?
 A. He is free to engage In any business or employment he chooses without impairing his right to con- tlnue to receive monthly benefits, as long as his earnings in an eni- ployment covered" by the Social Security Act are less than $l5 & month. He, is free to earn any amount, without loss of benefits, in employment that Is regarded as excluded" employment within the meaning of the Social Security Act.
 e. What proportion of the area of Australia Is uninhabited"
 A. Approximately 70 per cent Of the continent Is unoccupied by own- CTS or lease-holders.
 Q. Theoretically, what amount Of vibrations per second would DO necessary to disintegrate or destroy the stror gest forms of matter, such as steel, stone and rocks?
 A. If the amplitude of the vibration B large enough, vibra- tons of any frequency con. tinued of enough, will disinte grate any known form of matter and break 1t down into smaller pieces of the uon,n tsipd Nn thu other hand. yi- brations of extremely high fre- quency, of the order Of one quintil- lion to one sextillion per second, excited by gamma sand cosrnic rays, are known to disintegrate the atomic nuclei of many substances. How high frequencies would Do necessary to disintegrate all atomic nuclei has not been determined.
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