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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
More Tests Ahead

With one automobile testing period just ended another is about to begin Motor ists are supposed to bring their cars to the official lanes in this city beginning Monday morning. We don't suppose that more than scattering few will heed the announcement. Most of us will wait until the last minute and get in just before the lane is closed Some won't even bother to have their cars tested. They know somebody else who didn't do this earlier in the year; nothing happened, so they figure they too, can get away with it.
 That's the unfortunate part of the test, but we're hopeful that Motor Vehicles Commissioner John T. Mccarthy will shake "big stick" over those motorists who assume this attitude. There's no rea- son why the rest of us should be dutiful citizens, obeying the law down to the last letter while few just ignore it. But we're not convinced that many do get away with it = not having their cars tested. The real test may come when licenses are renewed next spring.
 It actually doesn't do any good to com plain about the testing lanes. So long as we have them and so long as state officials believe they serve real pur- pose in cutting down the possible num- Der of highway accidents, it behooves every car-owner to see to it that his automobile is tested and is in a safe condition to be operated. This sacrifice in time is small compared to the lives we may be saving or the property damage averting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Eranticer and Ursenter

These are days when it is necessary to get things done, and to speed things along, many devices are tried. The Civil Service Commission in Washington, for instance, devised stickers to attach to letters or memos requiring special atten- tion, urgent they read. Rearmament came and the lebels became "Very Ur- gent!" But soon that became common place, and was replaced by Urgent - Today!"
 But so adaptable Is man that soon no attention was paid, and important papers of the commission now bear the legend in screaming letters: "Frantic-Urgent!" Now, as things get fanticer and urgenter, the Civil Service Commission would seem to have no place to go but "Feverish - Explosive!" and then, having passed the limits, back to just Important.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

Construction of the second pipeline from the city's reservoirs up in Morris down through the hills and over our own ridges constitutes real page in civic history. Some day it will probably take up three or four lines in chronicles of the development of Waterbury's water system. Right now, though, it's a full page story. We don't suppose there are many who recall the building of the first pipeline, let alone saw it inch its way down from the Wigwam along the Branch Brook and the Naugatuck River. In those days you had to travel afoot or by horse and wagon, so there were few interested spectators lining the right of way to see the pipe laid It's different matter today and wherever there's construction going on like this you're sure to find someone who has the time and interest to stand around and watch the workmen at their tasks. But the pipe job won't attract anywhere as many people s.s will con- struction of the dam for the new reser- voir The last Morris reservoir is still within the memory of many of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
U. s. Interest in Peace

Have the salt ready. There are going to be good many peace proposals float ing about, some advanced in good faith, some less disinterested Each will need a pinch of salt. The United States is properly interested in these proposals. Some of the most violent of isolationistS are actively interested in them. Even profound disinterest in the war does not preclude eager interest in the peace. It matters to the United States, and it matters deeply, what kind of peace pro- posals are made. The United States is not in the war, and has not the slightest right to dictate to either side what peace measures it might advance or accept. But the United States is in the world, and it is affected (as every one of us knows now) by whether Europe and Asia keep the peace.
 The reason for the salt is this: The just and workable peace that is the only kind worth making is scarcely within sight at time when one side in war holds all the chips. The big winner in a poker game is usually willing to call quits when the stack of blues in front of him rises formidably. But the other fel- change of luck. As Woodrow Wilson o0AOs OALy O HCelSS NSOWSSAA SHAeAAo NeNAA last" Until both sides in this or any war see themselves as equal in power or potential power, there is no negotiated peace; there is only peace of compul- sicn, recognizing ill-gotten gains, frus- trating legitimate objectives.
 A peace, for instance, "legitimatizing' the conquest of small peoples by aggres- sive warfare, in no peace. A peace leaving Europe or Asia in a precarious balance be- tween vast militaristic forces ready to spring at one another whenever the chance looks good in no peace. A peace which assentS to any nation or system using the rest of the world as mere spawning place for it's propaganda and intrigue is no peace. Apeace which denies access to the worlds raw materials on equal terms to all is no peace. A peace without an organized means whereby all can refrain those who would break it is no peace.
 It is just such pinches of salt that must be taken with every peace proposal that may be advanced It would be moral crime against mankind for people of any country to refuse to consider honestly and hopefully weight every proposal look ing to the wars end; but peace proposals are often gift horses requiring the most minute oral inspection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

throughout his life, and the sor- row of 1t drove him to 8 deep re- liance upon Gods grace. Lincoln was prepared for his great work by multitude of sorrows. Some his torians believe that 8 blasted TO- nance was the thing that trans formed the< rash and ambitious young Washington into the sedate and selfless character who later be- came the Father of his Country.
 In one of George Macdonald's books, a woman who had met a sudden sorrow cries out, "I wish I had never been madel" Her friend quietly and wisely replied, My dear, you are not yet made. You are only being made = and this is the Makers process"
 From our point of view 1t would seem that we are best prepared for the issues of life through the geii- tie tuition of joy. But the passing years teach us that this is not go. Days of amending sunshine would burn up the flower gardens and the fields. Life is like 6 great tree which grows strong and stately as it wrestles with the gales.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Selected Poem
PICTURES IN THE MILK GLASS

 (By Nina St. Clair Campbell in the Boston Pos0 This glass of milk at supper sets memorys bells
 achime, And takes me back to childhood and the thrill of milking-time; Along the winding roadway. heath heavens rose-
 gold dome, With placid eyes and fragrant breaths, the cows
 are coming homel Big cows as black as midnight; small cows as red
 as rust; Blind Bess and wall-eyed Susan. in mist of
 golden dust! Over the grassy hills and dales they come from
 far and near: Now loud, now faint and far away, their jinghng
 bells hearl How like miracle it seems to see each herd await The hired mans unbarring of its own big barn.
 yard gate! And soon the milk is foaming into clean, sum-
 sweetened pais: And what sense of bounteousness and natures
 peace prevailsl It helps to tell to children such memories as mine when they coax for tea and coffee and wholesome
 milk decline. - If you paint in bright word-pictures to little lad
 or lass The freindiy cattle eating lots and lots of nice.
 green grass To turn by magic. into milk to make good children Twill Sssi often make them relish milk. and coax for it.
 ere long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
HOME CONSTRUCTION
(Bossoli PMty


 We are in the midst of the biggest boom in non ferm residential con. struction we have known in years Before the present year has run it course, e2000 GOO, 900 will De ex. pended in this type Of construction alone.
 Yet, staggering as the figure ma. seem, it is well to remember that 2t per cent of the new construction | goyernment-owned public hohginl projects and 6 large part of the bal ailce represents government h0ma building for migratory workers II the defense areaS.
 It ig true that homes built fer pri vaie oWnetIAaln ls up ib per oant. nu' evon the 1ee00. .000ue0 housing fs' urc romaln6 sell below ,lzlg lyp construction ln tlc nls1dle '47s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

If you're planning on new automobile within the next year, decide that you'll be satisfied with something bit more sonbre than the gay models which you can see and buy right now, The newer cars are going to be devoid of most of their fancy trimmings. They'll be plainer and very much all car and not all decora- tion. By the same token we presume that eventually there'H be some sort of halt called on all the accessories that are now available and which so many drivers like to obtain. The majority of people would be quite satisfied with plain-looking car so long as it had power, comfort, and speed, but when one owner comes forward with a decked-out vehicle, then others are bound to follow suit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
A Place For Everything

Twice within recent weeks rather seri- ous charges have been voiced in more or less roundabout fashion about con- duct of officials in our fire and police departments. The latter came at a recent aldermanic session when Repub- 1ican Alderman Reiner said that orders were being given by supernumerary. This week Chairman Finton Phelan of the Fire Board criticized severely an unnamed person who had charged fire officer with being intoxicated while In conversation with the Fire Board chair man.
 As Chairman Phelan pointed out such serious charges as these should be laid before the proper authorities and at the pfoper time. To voice them in such a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
SWITZERLAND ON THE SEAS
(New York sun)

That old vaudeville wheeze about the Swiss Navy loses much of it's point with the announcement that Switzeraland has now, for the first time in its $50 years of national independence, @ merchant marine. The departure was rendered neces- sary by the impossibility of charter. ing sufficient tonnage to carry on Switzerland's foreign commerce In the present war conditions. Arr arrangements have been made with the Italian government to use Genoa as the terminus of this line of ves- sells. The freighter Chasseral, for-
 merly of Honduran registry, steamed from New York Wednes- ady with ar American cargo for Switzerland, and another, the st. dothard, which arrived here from Genoa a few days ago with a cargo of Swiss merchandise. is now load- Ing for the return trip. The port Of registry of the @wlas merchant fhips ls Basic: lf it seems odd to find on Inland city ln that role, t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

curbed in some areas, and periu- ing in Congress is bill for nA- tionwide daylight saving.
 Yet projects that would pro vide hundreds of millions of kilo- watts of additional power have been stynied for eight months by a fierce tug-of-war inside the ad- ministration.
 All of the participants in this row distrust the big power com- panies, have battled against them for years. Yet now they are battling among themselves so bitterly that the private power companies may come out on top.
 Sole cause of this battle is
 who should be boss of the new
 defense electric power projects.
 Nothing else is at issue. But over this issue the New Dealers have bickered and the President has teetered from one side to the other for almost a year. Mean while the power shortage becomes increasingly urgent.
 THE CONTESTANTS
 Three groups are embroiled:
 l. Secretary Harold Ickes, who insists that. control be vested in his Department of Interior. He contends that only by such cen- tralized authority will it be pos- sible to obtain uniformity and standardization. Otherwise there will be wide variations among the projects, impairing their useful ness and playing into the hands of the utilities.
 2. Vigorously opposing Ickes are Senator George Norris of Nebraska father of IVA; Rep. Clyde Ellis of Arkansas, militant young New Dealer, who is backing an Ar kansas Valley Authority with po- tentialities twice as great as IVA; Senator Homer Bone of Washington, sponsor of a Colum- bia Valley Authority embracing the great Bonneville and Grand Coulee projects; Senator William Bulow of <South Dakota, author of a bill for an Upper Missouri Valley Authority; and Governor Culbert Olson of California, ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

vocate of a central Authority in his state.
 This group has nothing against 1ckeS personally, readily con- cedes he is an able and public minded executive. But they con- tend he will not be Secretary of Interior forever; also that each section should have a voice in the 7 management of its project and that this is possible only through ' separate Authorities.
 { B.. Third contestant is Leland Odds, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, who has aroused the ire of Ickes, Norris and other public-power cham pions with defense power pool plan which they think plays di- recently into the hands of utility interests. Olds has been pulp lie power supporter, but his erie tics charge that he is sacrificing public interests in an ambitious effert to make himself big shot of the power picture.
 FDR ALL OVER THE MAP
 In this tangle the President has keen on all sides, sometimes all att he same time.
 The fight started week after the election last November, when Roosevelt asked young Ellis and Governor Olson to prepare bills for thsir proposed Arkansas Val ley Authorities. They summoned David Lidenthal, ace IVA direc- tor, to assist them in the draft ing.
 Two days before the new Con- gross convened in January, when Ellis planned to introduce his Arkansas measure, Ickes went to the President and pro- tested setting up an indepen- dent Authority. IckeS insisted
 that administrative control of the vast preject be put in his hands.
 Next day White House word went to Ellis tp hold up his bill while compromise was worked out with Ickes. Ellis agreed to make the efftrt, but it got nowhere. Norris, who carries great influence in the Senate on power issues, insisted on an in- dependent Arkansas Authority. So did Senator Boriy of Wash ington and the otheis.
 Still striving to please both sides, Roosevelt then suggested plan. He would name an admin istrator for all the projects, who would report to him through Ickes. The formula war reject ed on the ground that in prac- tice it would mean Ickls would be the real boss.
 OLDS MAKES HIS BID
 Finally. after a. luncheon con- ference with Ickes, the President | took another tack and Hfote a letter to Senator Bone prging that his Columbia Valley project be put under Ickes. Bonneville and Grand Coulee alreaoA are under the Interior Department and the President suggestAl it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

e. What color Is freshly distilleN whiskey? SAS
 A. It is colorless, and contains no solid matter. After being stored in wood for several years it acquires an amber tint, and contains perhaps 100 grains of solid matter per gal- lon, including tannin. extractive and coloring matter, all derived from the oak commonly used in the barrels.
 @. I have a canvaS-covered roof deck from which the paint is crack ing. How should it be repainted2
 A. If the paint is so badly crack. ed and broken that the canvas shows through it places, 1t iS best to remove the old paint entirely with paint and varnish remover. After the old paint is removed, sandpaper the surface of the canvas and apply paint made as follows: Dissolve 1-4 lb of beesWax in a minimum amount of turpentine over hot water or a steam bath, guarding against open flames, and add the mixture to gallon of ready mixed outside paint. If the old finish shows only surface checking or slight cracking, 1t will not be necessary to remove the old paint, but simply apply the new paint.
 o. Are the initials of the de- signer on the Lincoln one-cent piece?
 A. v4gD. B. the initials, of the artist, Victor D. Brenner have been restored on the coin and are on the truncation of Lincoln'S neck.
 Q. Is there any limit to the mum, Der of gold pieces that a person may keep as a part of a numismatic collection?
 A. The number of quarter eagles that may be held is restricted to four of the same date and design and struck by the same mint. Other gold coin of recognized special value to collectors of rare and unusual coin may be acquired and held as part of a collection.
 e. Who played the roles of "Chick" and "Artie" in Plight An- gels"?
 A. Dennis Morgan played Chick and Wayne Morris played "Artie."
 e. Is it possible to determine b. the sound how far away a passing ship is when she blows her whistler
 A. If the steam from a vessels whistle is seen and ten second elapse before the sound is heard, she is just 2 l-10 miles away If one second elapses, the distance fl slightly more than one-fifth of mile; if five seconds, a little mora than one mile; if twenty seconds. 4 1-5 miles.
 @. How many persons are em- ployed in the Federal Civil Service, and what is the total pay roll? A. At the end of March, l941, there were 1,202,34S civilians em- ployed in the Federal Executive Civil Service. The monthly pay roll for the entire service was $184,244,306.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Daily Almanac

Sun rises SOS a. n.; sets 7:4e D. m. (day- light time).
 uteg after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Sunday August l7, T:4o a. m; low tide, 2:ie D. m. tdaylight tmel,
 The days are growing noticeably shorter. The evenings have been clipped off defi- nitcly with darlxnsas following very close on the heels of sunset Only daylight saving prevents total eclipse of daylight imine. diateiy after the supper hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
STOLEN CARS
(Boston Postl

(6oSton FoSL1
 The ease with which youthful thiAvss make away with automobiles continues to be a hafEling problem.
 Clsaily, 1t Is the duty of every motckisC to make sure that his ma- chine A completely locked when he parks lAin the street. Not only the Ignition but the doors. The most uF- paFdonhbe mistake is to go away and ieavethe key in the ignition, of course, evn where the owner has done his test Co protect his car. there are c(ses og where tho thieves suceaed 10 Aaking oH with it- TlAa problem remains ns seflpus as oyef, dcspiso ihe ifofle C automobile makeFs 70 hSagt it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

ttllS extra eQulp- ment and per- sonnel may find employment is in the further expansion of air mail and air ex- press pickup service to small communities.
 This nifty is doing all right as 1t is in com- petition W i t h the war 50 to speak, and Is ob- served a kind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

Would you like nice college? There's one for sale down in Pennsylvania. Irving College, near Mechanicsburg, is on the market and will be sold in September. It's an old girls school, established be- fore the Civil War. It almost sounds like sequel to Alice Duer Miller's, "Ihe Charm School could now be written. You
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

SORROW IS PART OF LIFE
 It has often been said that when God wants to train man for a great destiny, He prepares him for his work by giving him a great sor- row. Moses committed a crime and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Views Of The Press

lis no novelty: Vienna and Buda- pest have had their merchantmen
 on the high seas.
 The world will welcome the Swiss
 flag to the ocean highways. Long aad proudly may 1t wave there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

had 10 flee. EgypC. He spent forty long years in the wilderness repent
 ing his evil, but God was prepar- ing him during these years. The part Paul played in the stoning of Stephen probably rested as a bur- den on his mind and rny1SeieYcn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
. EDISON IN v WASHINGTON
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Aug. IS = When the war is over and there are thouAands of airplanes, aircraft factoriess pi-. lots and ground crews sitting around looking for work, it carAbe safely predicted that there will be a big boom in commercial and pri- vate flying. One field where a lot of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Whats Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

test questions? Turn to last
 page for the answers.
 l. Complete the following from Aesop,s Fables, "The mountain labored and brought forth a--."
 2. How many justices comprise the Supreme Court of the United States?
 3. What office does M. Yosuke Matsuoka hold in the Japanese government?
 4. The air in a room 6Ox30xl5 feet weighs more than 8 ton; true or false?
 5. What book describes the Slough of Despond"?
 6. Name the author of the novel "Three Weeks" that was once g best seller.
 T. A child,S white robe at hap- tism IS called a oh - mp
 8. What does P. L. g R. on mall matters mean?
 g. What is macabre dance?
 10. In what war was she Battle of Monterey?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16
Washington Merry-Go-Round
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DREW FEARS O N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

August 6 One of the problems defense
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

Woulu simplify enactment Of leglS- lation if Ickes was given control in the new set-up.
 If the letter was intended as a peace move, 1t had an exactly opposite effect. Bone hit the ceiling. Tckes' management of Bonneville and Grand CouIee is not popular in the Pacific Northwest. Bone shot back a flat rejection of ROosevelt's proposal and announced his in- tention to proceed immediately yihrdlietaOihSrdluet :. with a bill for an independent Authority.
 It was in the midst of this melee that Chairman Olds of the power commission made his bid for control.
 Instructed by the President to draft a nationwide power-pool to meet the serious electricity shortage, Olds, without consult ing Ickes. or the Rural Electrifi- cation Administration, or the Se- curitieS and Exchange Commis- sion, or ether members of the Ma tional Power Policy Committee, submitted a plan making the utili- ties top-dog in the set-up.
 Dropping their differences for the moment, Ickes, REA, IVA, Norris, and the others turned their guns on Olds. The raking which this ambitious New York CT got is one he will long re- member.
 ROOSEVELT CHANGES ATTITUDE
 The shooting is still not over. But apprised by Ickes of Olds' scheme, Roosevelt has ordered Olds to make important modifica- tions in the proposed grid sys- tenn! also hereafter to work in cooperation with the REA, SEC and Power Policy Committee. However, Olds still harbors a yen to make himself defense power czar, and there may be more eruptions on this score.
 Meanwhile, whether because of irritation at this attempted maneuver or because of the long delay in the four big projects, the President is giving indica- ,. tions that he will line up with the independent Authority group. Just before departing on his sea cruise het old Con- gressman Ellis to go ahead with his Arkansas Valley Authority bill.
 The Authority group considers this development highly signifi- cant, because it followed on tho heels of a talk Ickes had with the President. Inside word is that at this conference Roosevelt told his tenacious Secretary of Iin- terior it was 'tn0 dice'', and that he had finally decided against the secretary's demand for control of the four power projects.
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-16

If the world of modern science is too new for us to understand It's potentialities. the movement for international peace as a part of practical politics is newer still.
 Professor James T. Shotwell,
 Carnegie Endowment for fn-
 teFnatlonal Pence.