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step. The Internal Revenue Bu- reau may get them.
 Several years ago the Bureau
 notified members of Congress that they would have to declare and pay income tax on that part of their mileage allowance which was not actually spent on travel. This was a sad blow to a lot of the boys who were making nice thing out of the 20-cents-a-mile allowance.
 Now the Bureau is seriously con- Sidering going step further and requiring members to report and pay tax on clerk hire takes" {. These take various forms.
 Some members do the trick by listing their wives, children or their relatives on the payroll and pocketing all or part of the money. Others require their office work CTS to "kick back" part of their salaries. This practice, incident ally, is lot more prevalent than is generally believed, even though it is a felony with heavy penalties for conviction. No congressman, however, has yet been caught.
 Congressmen are allowed a flat sum of $6500 year for clerk hire. The only string on it's expendi- ture is that no one employe be paid more than $500. Senators are allowed six employees at sal- aries specified by law.
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. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Paul and Rinehart In Mystery Feast

Homer Evans and his gang are on the loose again, this time in the badlands of Montana where they take an uproarious and winning hand in range war to end all range wars. You'll find all the laughs and unrestricted homicide in Elliot Paul's 'Fracas in the Foothills" (Random House: $2). The title is a masterpiece of understatement. You can count on Detective Ev- ans and company to do things in the most spectacular way. So you won't be disappointed when you discover new kind of cattlemen- sheepmen conflict has come to the grasslands. Gangsters are imported by the score from Chicago, science takes a hand, Indians are on the
 warpath and the countryside is strewn with bodies of cattle, sheep and humans
 Rain-No. More brings word to Miriam Leonard, Homer's sharp shooting girl friend, that trouble brews in Papa Leonard's COW country. So Miriam rushes home to Dad. accompanied by Evans and most of the others you've already met in PaupS hilarious novels. And if you've missed them before don't overlook this chance to catch up on a western mystery adventure that's packed with fun.
 There's a treat in store for the mystery fans in Mary Roberts Rinehart's latest thriller '"The Great Mistake" (Farrar and Rinehart: $2). Here is the author of top rank de- tective fiction at her best, supply Ing adequate but elusive clews to three murders, baffling the reader at every turn.
 The story narrated by Patricia Abbott, an old maid of 25, centers around the home of wealthy Mrs. Maud Wainwright, includes, be- sides murders, missing keys, locked doors. mysterious messages and Jewels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
TRIBUTE PAID TO UNDYING SERVICE OF OUR CATHOLIC
 SISTERS.

Editor, the Waterbury Democrat:
 In these sad hours when the most ugly stories of human history are being paraded endlessly and in in creasing horror before the world, I think the enclosed noble and lovely story of human history can help lift our eyes and our hearts from the sorrowful picture of mans hate to an encouraging and hopeful picture of love and sacrifice. The story is the leading editorial of the January twelfth edition of Our Sunday Visitor and I think it deserves the widest circulation.
 On the great earth that God cre- ated beautiful there are no nobler, no purer, no more kind hearted and self-sacrificing women than those who wear the somber garb of our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

books as My America" and "The Natives Return" Adamic has been I called as a conSultant to help the Defense Commission work out its policy toward immigrant and minor 1 ity groups.
 The new attitude he wants tc 1 see calls for several thingS-more tolerance, more understanding, more plain, fashioned friendlineSS ! plus a realization that an immi- l grant can be the best sort of Amer ican without necessarily dropping his European customs. NAZI AGENTS
 1 LOOK AFTER ALIENS How does that fit in with the fifth column danger? Here is Adamic's explanation:
 Every person wants to be identi- fled with something bigger and bet 1 ter than himself. The new immi- grant here wants passionately to ] identify himself with this country But so many times he is made to feel that the country doesn't want ] him. He's called wop, or 8 hun kie, or he's laughed at because of his name.
 50 he doesn't get identified with America-for America is not just a place; it's an idea. He remains iSo- lated. Yet he still feels that driving need to be identified with some | thing. And so some foreign move ment picks him LID. The fifth col umn gets him.
 Our Germans are often in bad spot. I recently studied a large American city where live 100000 German-Americans. They're des- perately afraid of war-not because they don't want the United States to beat Hitler, but because they're afraid of what may happen to them if war does come.
 "In that city, in the last war, there was one lynching of a Ger man-American. The Nazis have got pictures and accounts of that lynch ing distributed all over.
 ''Yet those same Germans don't want Hitler to win" The general lack of understand | ing between old-line Americans and the immigrants and their descend ants Adamic sums up as "a vague kind of civil war
 "A good many of the old-stock Americans incline to be friendly, he says. But they function in a personal way, as neighbor to neigh bor. Meanwhile, the unfriendly one
 is likely to get up on a stump and
 make a speech or write book to express his enmity and suspicion or he comes down here to Congress and tries to put over some alien batting law. He may be in the
 minority, but he creates a bad atti- ! tude-which makes the alien with draw and feel more than ever un- identified with America" TWO-YEAR STUDY
 OF IMMIGRANTS
 Two years ago Adamic got grant
 from the Carnegie Foundation to make a comprehensive study of the
 immigrant in America. Since then he has travelled 100000 miles, talk 1 lllg uO pcOplc, H1dAulS SpccC1AeS aAN
 looking into things.
 He made a speech last spring at
 Greensboro, N. C., and got acquaint-
 ed with Harriett Elliott, dean of
 the Women's College, University of
 North Carolina. When she became
 head of the consumers division of the Defense Commission she asked Adamic to come on her staff as a
 consultant
 Tn that capacity he helped organ
 ize a conference of civic groups
 clubs and organizations like the American Legion, at which the
 whole problem of drawing immi- grant groups emotionally and in- tellectually into the defense effort
 was canvassed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

A. Two; Texas and Wyoming.
 o. Was the first permanent set clement in Ohio made by Moravian missionaries?
 A. Although the Moravian mis- sionarieS are regarded as "the Pt- grims of Ohio," their villages were destroyed and it was left for the sons of New England to establish on the Ohio at the mouth of the Muskigum river, the first permanent settlement of the state-Marietta, named in honor of Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
 o. Do all the machine guns, or all the cannon in the British Hurri- canes and Spitfires Lighting planes) fire at once?
 A. If the plane mounts both, there are two triggers, one for each type but they can be fired at one time.
 o. What is the extreme range of a .22 bullet?
 A. About three-f1fths of mile.
 If you want a copy of the book let PRESIDENTS AND THEIR WIVES, send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose ten cents in postage.
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Questions
 andAnswers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau will answer for you free, any question of fact or infOrma- tiOn, not involving extensive re" search. Write your question clear ly, sign name and address, enc close a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ingtOn, D. 0.
 o. Where is the worlds 1arges' public housing project?
 A. It is the Becontree public housing project in London, Eng, which covers 2,770 acres and comprises about 12,000 houses, pro. viding homes for around 115,00C people.
 e. What does fiannel-mouthed mean?
 A. Talking thickly or with g brogue; not smooth spoken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
On the Tax Trail

The ever-sharpening hunt for more tax money is now blowing it's hot breath on he back of the neck of property long considered as taxexempt because it be- longs to religious, educational or char table institutions Such exemption is
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stock American gets 8 new atti- tude toward the immigrant and the immigrants children.
 That is the idea Louis Ada mic is trying to put over as his contribution to the defense pro- gram. An m- migrant himself. famous as the author 0f Sllch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

This is the time of the year when householders ought to lay their plans for the spring and summer seasons. Clean up and paint-up programs should be built up now, so that when the fine weather arrives few months from now therell be no wasted time in getting ideas together Get them now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
Selected Poem
WITH RUIN MY HEART IS LADEN

Dow Richardson i'll the New York Sun, Suggested by A. E. Housman) When was one-and-twenty
 I heard a wise man say: Don't bet, my lad, on ponies, There're other forms of play, Go seldom to the race tracks" Was what he said, and he Knew I was one-and-twenty
 And he could talk to me. Avoid the post and paddock" I heard him say again, "The Bowie boys will get you," (Ah, memorable refrainD Well, I was one-and-twenty,
 And laughed as others do, Now at the door of thirty -four find twas true, twas true!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
Daily Almanac
es S:45 p. m.

Moon rises S:45 p. m.
 Sun rises TIA @. m.; sets 4:50 p. III.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Mid-January finds winter again gripping this region firmly in its grasp. Don't look for thaws like those at Christmas time until February is well past.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PEARS ON
 ROBERT S. ALLEN

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A Thought for Today

But love ye your enemies, and do good, ana lend, hoping for nothing again; and your re- ward shall be great, and ye shall be the chll- dren of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil-Luke 6:S5.
 
 It is the duty of men to love even those who injure them-Marcus AntoninuS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, Having come of age, I took my son into par nership"; say, 'T took my son into partnership when he came of age."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Jan. IS. - America won't defeat the fifth column peril until the natiYe-horn. Anglo-SaXon-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16
In Today's Mail

Catholic Sisters. As Cardinals Gib- bons said, They are the humans most like the angels"
 Angel-like in service Sister stands and does her duty till she dies and much of the good that she has done on earth comes to maturity only after she has gone to her reward And when she has gone little cross is set to mark her grave-to point down and say to those who see, Here lies a noble servant of the King" to point up and say to those who understand, 'There stands 8 new adorer of the King"
 Sincerely yours,
 REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY.
 ANGELS OF MERCY"
 The Worcester, Massachusetts Ga- zette published in a recent issue the following tribute to our Nuns. The author is Paul Henderson, a ron- Catholic.
 Unknown to many are the char itable works of that silent army known as Sisters, or Religious, or Nuns. Perhaps there is no life more beautiful in the world than that of 8 nun.
 A nun is a little lady, all con- secrated to God. She arises at 5 in the morning and goes to bed about 9 at night. Before the days work begins, she has had about two hours of prayer, including Holy Mass. Every moment of the day, when she is not occupied by her routine work, she is bettering her soul by way of spiritual reading, examination of conscience and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-16

o. How many states have had woman governors?
 A. Two; Texas and Wyoming.
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Evening star., 1941-11-02

Mrs. Robert Helander, first vice
president; Miss Bernadette Dore,
second vice president; Mrs Eliza
beth Bouclair, secretary; Mrs. Ralph
BOdle. treasurer; Mrs. Robert Rein
ing, study group; Mrs. Aubrey
Dooley, ways and means; Mrs. Will
liam Barrett, summer roundup ana
health: Mrs. Agnes Simpson, news
letter Mrs. J. Kirk, publicity; Mortz
Cohen, legislation; Mrs. Harold Nc
Comb, room representatives.; Mrs.
| Clinton Webb. hospitality; Mrs
Anita Sales, student aid; Miss Mary
Louise Allen, safety; Mrs. Ellen
Whitney, program; Mrs. Joseph
Mudrick, magazine; Mrs. Catherine
Walleigh, historian: Miss Margaret
Craig, Junior Red Cross.
Keene Rudolph.
An executive meeting will be held
tomorrow at lis pm. at the Ru-
dolph School
Grant Weightman.
The Executive Board will meet
Thursday at 2:30 pm. in Weight
man School.
Blair Hayes.
The Executive Board will meet
Thursday at the Hayes School.
Cranch- Tyler.
The Executive Board and grade
mothers will meet tomorrow at 80
pm. in the Tyler School.
Petworth.
The association will meet Tues
day at pm. DR.. c. E. Hawthorne
will pronounce the invocation and
the Rev. George johnson will dis
cuss How Can the Parent Aid the
Child in Becoming Good Citizen y
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Randall will
furnish a musical program.
The Executive Committee will
meet at pm.
HiltOn-Pea body.
The association will hold a lunch
con at noon Wednesday at the Pea
body School.
Jefferson Junior High.
The association will meet tomor-
row at pm.
Wheatley.
Mrs. Laura White. ways and means
| chairman, announces school lunch
con will be held Thursday at noon.
Eliot Junior High.
The association will meet Tuesday
OF pr,,I1a Iov will Ia
/ served. Homemade cakes and candy
will be sold after the meeting.
Bryan.
Mrs. Thornton Phillips. student
will be bundle day.
Emery Lexington.
| An executive meeting will be held
Tuesday at l:30 pm. in Emery
| School.
Bowen Greenleaf.
The Executive Board will meet to-
morrow at 1:30 pm at the Bowen
School.
Gage.
| With one-half the number of par
ents now enrolled in the association,
Mrs. J. B. Wilson, chairman, will
campaign for 100 per cent men,
bership.
The Executive Board will meet
Tuesday at 9:15 a m. instead of the
| usual time.
Pierce.
The Executive Board will meet
Tuesday at pm. at the Kingsman
School.
A school luncheon will be held
(See PIT. A., Page B-10D
Evening star., 1941-11-02


be delivered by DR.. W. H. Sebre]l,
chief, division of chemotherapy
National Institute Of Health, Public
Health Service. His topic is Cur
rent Nutritional Problems"
At the opening of the institute, at
10 am, in room 102, Hall of Gov
ernment, at George Washington
University, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president. will bring greetings from
the university; from the public
schools DR.. Frank w. Ballou, SUI
perintendent. will talk briefly, and
Dean William Carl Reudiger, pro-
fessor emeritus of the university
who is an original sponsor, will
speak
Following the keynote address
there will be four groups for panel
discussions. Mrs. H. N. Stull will
preside over the first group, which
will discuss Balanced Diets on Low
Incomes" The speaker for this
panel will be Mrs Theodore Leary,
nutritionist, American Red Cross.
Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buckley will
preside at the meeting of the Sec
ond group on the subject "Stimulat-
ing Better Eating Habits at Home
Miss Marjory Vaughn, nutritionist
on the staff of the director of de-
fense, Health and Welfare Services,
will be the speaker.
Mrs Yorick D. Mathes will pre-
side over the third group. What
the School Can Do to Promote
Better Nutrition" will be developed
by Mrs. Ola Day Rush, head of the
department of home economics,
District of Columbia public schools
Mrs. Lucian Jordan will direct
the discussion for the fourth group,
whose subject, Surplus Food for the
Undernourished," will be developed
by Mrs. Sherman Trowbridge, acting
chairman, nutrition, District of Co.
lumbia Chapter, American Red
Cross.
Summaries of the various panel
discussions will be presented at l 80
pm. to the whole body by the speak
ers, thus making it possible for
every person who attends the in
stitute to profit from all of the dis
cussion.
On Wednesday at 10 am. DR..
Chester w. Holmes. assistant super
intendent of schools, III charge of
senior high schools and teachers
colleges, will speak on What Does
the School Expect of the Home?"
DR.. James Harold Fox. school of
education. George Washington Uni
versity, will speak on Educational
Responsibilities of Parents and
Their Relationship to the Schools" ="
and Dr.. Sydney B. Hall, professor of
education. George Washington Uni
Versity, will discuss Parent Edu-
cation in Relation to Current Ma
tional Problems
At the afternoon session, social
hygiene will be the theme of the
program, and Ray Everett. executive
secretary, Social Hygiene Society of
the District Of Columbia, will speak
on why Social hygiene Is Vital
to Parents" Mrs. Frances Simsa-
rian of the National Park Seminary
will speak on Parent Helps in Con-
nection with Social Hygiene Prob
lens" and Mrs. Buckley will tell
What the Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton Is Doing About These Prob
lens"
Registrat alton will be held both days
from $50 to 10 am. and from l to
130 pm.
Any one who is interested is well
come to attend.
Barnard.
Officers and chairmen for the year
are: Mrs. Emory Ellis, president;
Evening star., 1941-11-02
Annual PIT. A. Institute
To Open tuesday, Morning
George Washington University Co-Sponsor
With District Congress Of Organization
By MRS. P. c. ELLETT, President,


Institute will held Wednesday
District Columbia Congress Parents Teachers
Better Health for Stronger Nation will be developed
prominent
Evening star., 1941-11-02
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and Gecorated
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-12 piece stainless
steel knife and fork
sets. 6 of e a c h.
Colored catalin han
dies for gay display!
No mail or phone
orders please.
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01
An Appeal To en- rs
On The Meridian Dist.
To Clear S45, 200 Debt On vi. I.
College
College
By Presiding Elder R. L. Young

To the pastors, offirers and members
of the Meridian District:
am making an earnest appeal to
you to stand by the program as out
lined by our leader, Bishop j. H. Moore
to clear our college of long standing
debt.
Am sure you have not forgot the
earnest appeal made by Bishop Moore
in our District Conference held at Col.
Inns. You will recall that Bishop Moore
told us that the books were open att
the First State Bank in Holy Springs
to the trustees and ministers to find out
for themselves the amont of our in
debtedness.
We all feel that the bishop has done
his best since he has been in Miss
issippi and through his effort with the
assistance of others, our school was not
foreclosed. Between nine and ten
thousand dol ars was borrowed in the
effort to save the school and the Pre-
siding Elders are being urged to raise
certain amount per district in order
that this borrowed money may be paid
back, after the c,ose of the District Con-
ferences.
When we shall have paid this amount
back, we will have a little more than
s26,0O0.OO, including interest that still
face us, making a total of more thanl
45,0O0.00 to be paid in order that wei
may be clear of our bonded indebted
ness.
It was my good pleasure as Presiding
Elder of the Meridian District to 20 to
the First State Bank while in Holly
Springs attending the Leadership Train
ing School last week, and the Cashier
Wss very pleased to give me important
information with reference to our school
debt. He stressed the idea of working
hard and in harmony at this particular
time
1t should be remembered that S45,OOO
from one angle is a small amount. If
each member in the state would pay
about an average of $500 per year, the
debt would be wiped out, however, il
should be remembered that where we
have just few members taking care of
their Obligations it is a big HILL to
climb to pay s45OOOOO and run our
school
President Vim. Frazier is working
hard to help us 10 relieve ourselves
of this embarrassing situation. Let US
all keep pushing until the goal has been
reached.
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01

Macon This is to let all HBA's know
that HBA Lodge No. 3O5 has lost one
of its chartered members in the person
|pf Brother D Harlan. Brother Harlan
will be remembered by all as a faith
full president until a few months ago
Brother Harlan was a member Of
Tabernacle M. B. Church: He served
this church as deacon, Sunday School
Superintendent and Clerk He leaves
10 mourn his passing one son, many
grand children and friends.
Death came On July 20 at 400 o'clock
Brother Harlan owned nice home,
which is located on highway No. IS 8
miles north of Macon. His trade was
carpenter, molasess maker, and farmer.
His wife preceded him to the grave in
1887. .aIls1
August O. 1871
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01

Mrs. Levi Cole and Mrs. Annie Mae
Bell. AS the guests arrived they were
met at the door by Mrs. Bell, who pin,
ned hearts on everyone, which was the
trump card of the afternoon.
Those present were: Miss Arlens
Wilson, Mesdames Arena Matthews
Hattie Battle, James Z McLamb, S C
Barlow, Leona Brown and Mary Lee
Faulkner.
The hostesses were dressed in beige
and brown with red carnations. They
served dainty salad course with ice
tea.
High score was won by Mrs. S c
Barlow. Low score by Mrs Battle
Mrs. Emma Hines Thornton,
WPA Recreational D.rectress
The Modern Matrons Bridge Club Nc
2 had very enjoyable afternoon at the
recreational center with Mrs. Mammie
F oyd and Mrs. Lillian Williams as
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01
State News

LANGSDALE- This comes to let the
know that my wife, Mrs. Marsha Lang
has been i'll all this year: She took
sick on January 1, 1871 and my health
is not what it should be, yet, we are
striving to hold to His hand until He
says, well one, come up high"
Jerry Lang, President
Lodge No. 159
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01

hostesses. Mrs. Floyd was lovely in Q
beautiful white embroidered crepe
Mrs. Williams wore yellow crepe. The
following young natrons were present:
Mrs Gladys George, Mrs. Mary z
Anderson, Miss Therese Lewis, Mrs.
Bartlett Miss Lula Bell Hines, Mrs. Hat
tie Battle, Mrs. Luvernia McElmra
Mrs. James E McLamb and Miss Mary
Bingham.
The hostess table was conferred with
basket of beautiful %old maids. Fried
chicken with hot rolls, ritz crackers
potato salad, iced tea. ice cream and
cake made up the menu.
High score went to Mrs. Mary z An
derson' and low ssore to Mrs. Hattie
Battle.
Mrs Emma Hines Thornton,
WPA Recreational Directress
About Folk We Know Ia
The weekly echo., 1941-08-01
ABOUT FOLK
KNOW

| Miss Annetta MosIey Is IN the city
visiting relatives and friends.
Eugene Anderson, who is stationed al
Fort Bliss, Texas, visited in Mer dian
recently.
Professor and Mrs. C A Gabriel and
! their little daughter, accompanied by
! Mr.. Wigfall We're the weekend guests
of Reverend and Mrs. R L Young, and
family. Professor and Mrs Gabriel are
from Augusta, Georgia
| Mr.. and Mrs: G D Cotton of Enter
prise were in the office Saturday on
business:
The Rev. P w Woodland passed thru
the city Wednesday enroute to Meehahd
where he IS in a revival this week
Monday after the first Sunday he will
be with the Reverend B. F. Whitehead
at Toomsuba, Miss as guest preacher.
The HBA Convention held in the
HBA Building. Monday and Tuesday
of this week is reported to be the best
held in the history of the ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Lille Rec Young of 15O3-26th
Avenue. wife of Reverend E F Young
left the city Wednesday afternoon for
Detroit Michigan, where she will visit
her brother who is i'll. Before Mrs
Young returns to the city she will visit
her sister in Chicago, Ill, according
to reports.