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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
NEED MORE AIR
 RAID WARDENS
Volunteers tO Be Enrolled Tonight; ScOtt-Smith,
 Davis to Lecture

Another class in the second air raid warden school win be held to- night at wilhy high school, The school will be ended with sessions next Monday and Tuesday nights.
 Chief Air Raid Warden James J Curtin announced today that more volunteers are needed, to give the city the total of 5000 held necessary for duty here. Persons interested can register tonight at Wilby or at the Civilian Defense Volunteer of- flee, 2 Field street,
 Among the lecturers ct the ward- en school tonight will Do Supt. Her. bert Scott-Smith, who will talk on protection of public utilities, and Edward II. Davis, of the state de- fense council, who win outline methods of cooperating with state and local police in preventing panic, A lecture of explosives will also be given.
 Lecturers at the school session last night were Dr. Edward J. 0od- frey, city health officer; Prof. Rich- ard Flint of Yale, and David F, Bahson, chairman of the Red Gross disaster relief committee.
 pr. Godfrey described the plans which have been made by the Wa terhury Disaster Relief committee for emergencies, The need for black outs was the subject of Prof. F1int's lecture, Mir, BahSon related arrange Inents which have been made by the Red Cross to handle emergency situations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
WOODY HERMAN
 COMING TO RITZ
Stellar Band Booked for Christmas Night; Charlie
 Spivak December 2S

Santa Claus brings Woody Her. man and his celebrated orchestra to the Ritz Ballroom in Bridgeport to play for the brilliant Christmas Night dance Thursday, December 26th. Fresh from trIumphs on the West Coast, this band That Plays the Blues" iS definitely of the first water category. Also 1t features probably the only girl star in 6 male band: Billie Rogers Montana lasl the girl with the horn. ThC "Woodchoppers Ball." the theme ol Woody's music, will be presented with the embellishments of Carolyn Grey, the Four Chips, and Frankie Carlson. Its . bright feather ir Mccormack and Barry's cap to bt able to present such . stellar banc for their holiday dance.
 Chralie gpivak, the man who played the sweetest trumpet in tho world will Do heard ct the Ritz San. day, December 2sth. The "Star. duBterg" highllght his excellent dance program. New Years Eve will Do Q glroiouB event at the Ritz dancing till 2 Q. Tn., 6 rollickinR Enardi gras dance will Do present. cd, and Aud Lang syne will be played by the Casa Ritz orchestra at the bewitching hour-the turn of the year.
 Claude Thornhill and his ceie- brated orchestra are scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9th. Waitzes are played every Saturday at the Ritz by the Casa Ritz orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
SISTERHOOD BUYS '
 TWO $500 BONDS
Italian Women Also Pledge Individual Purchase of
 Defense Stamps

one of the most enthusiastic meetings In the history of the so- clety was that held last evening by members Of the Italian Sister, hood ln Moose hall. Tn addition to voting to purchase two $500 de- fetiSe bonds for the society, each member that was present pledged herself to buy periodically defense savings stamps. The promise fol- lowed the presentation to more than 100 members Q book containing 6 saving stamp by President Mrs. Jo- seph PeTnatczzl. The presenta. ton was in memory Of Mrs. Per. Glatozzi's late mother, Mrs. Margaret BelloIsey, who died November 27.
 In offering the memorial gifts Mrs. Pernatozzi expressed the hope inst the members would eE1deay0E to make Mttle personal sacrifices ln the future 50 that they would be in 6 position to invest their money in savings stamps and de- feTlSe bonds. She emphasized the fact that each purchase would inc sure eventual American victory and each bond or stamp would Do the means of keeping the Japanese and other enemies of America from our shores.
 The society ct its brief business meeting in addition to buy two $500 bonds also voted donations to the Salvation Army and American Red Cross. Gifts were also presented to Mrs. PeFnatozz in appreciation Of her efforts as president and to MFg. Minnie MaTinaro for her Ser- vices aS vice president.
 Installation of officers will be Eeld on Thursday evening, January 22nd. The society will hold ita monthly meetings on the fourth Tuesday Of each month in Moose l1all.
 Members Of the gistehood were invited last evening to attend the annual dance Of the Italian Br0ta- erhood. The event will be held in Buckingham hail, January 17th.
 The business meeting was for- raaliy opened and closed with prayer Following the conclusion Of the regular session members enc jOgod q ChrlstmaD party. Enter ssinnlent was staged, gifts pTesez1t- ed, . grab kag was in evidence and tho evenings program pleased more than zBO members ana guests in at- tendance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
DRINKING WATER
 PERFECTLY SAFE
Vegetable Matter in Res. ervOir Responsible for
 Unpleasant Taste

Complaints about the taste of city water, heard for the last month, have increased in number during the past few days but the health and water departments say there's nothing they can do about 1t.
 Despite its taste, said pr. Edward J, Godfrey, city health officer, the water is stiil safe to drink. Assist ant gupt. of Water Prank W. Cas- sin pointed out that samples Of city water are tested daily in the municipal laboratory and period icaily by the state health depart Taent.
 City authorities say that the un- pleasant taste is caused by the serai-annual turnover" in the res- ervOirS, with aigae and vegetable matter rising to the top. Why the "turn-over" should last longer than usual this time hes them mystlfied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
Savings Stamps For
 Essay Prize Awards
Sara WOlfsOn of Weaver High School Hartford to Be
 Presented First Prize; Judges Praise Writings

Defense Savings Stamps instead of cash are to be presented to the winners of the National Art Week Essay Contest, according to an an- nouncement by the chairman of the Executive Council, Professor Theo- dore SiEer, director of Yale Univer- slty Art Gallery. Tn addition to the stamps, eight works of art by Con. necticut artists will be awarded to the boys and girls receiving first, second and third place and the five honorable mentions.
 Sara Wolfson, l7, of 2A Suffield street, Hartford, Q student at Weav- CT High school, is the winner of the first prize of 9l6 and an oil painting by Lars Thorsen. Robert Dennis, II, le West Main street, Norwalk, who attends Center Junior High school, receives the second award of 9i0 and Q brush sketch by Beatrice Cunning of New Lon- don. The third prize of S5 in De. fenSe Savings Stamps and Q picture by Helen selliske, goes to Gretchen Reiyea, l6, of KenSington, 0 student ct Berlin High school.
 William Lyon Phelps, Professor Emiritus of the Department of Eng- fish Literature at Yale university, Thornton Wilder, well-known auth or and playwright, and James Daugherty, noted illustrator and muFalist, were the judges. All three agreed that the quality of the es- says made the judging difficult. Said MT. DaugheFty, '"The essays are very eloquent, sensitive and con- vincing and they all have much to recommend them."
 The honorable mention awards of pictures by Ralph Boyer, Alhertus Jones, Ralph Nelson, W. W. Wil- Hams and James F. P. Conion, go to: Doris N. BerndtSon, i7, 0oO Or ange street, New Haven, Q student ct Commercial High school; Gene- vieve karmazyn, i4, Jobs Hill, El- iington, Q student ct Rockville High scholo; Donald Vaccari, IS, i60 Cole brook street, Hartford, q student at Weaver High school; Robert M, Dennehy, ie, Berlin street, Berlin, c student ct Berlin High school; and Phyllis 3. Johnson, i4, 2o3 Al- ling street, Kensington, also Q Stu- dent ct Berlin High school.
 Excerpts from the First Prize Es- say by Sara Wolfson: "An original work of art, whether 1t is an unas. suSning gtatuette or 0 powerfully executed canvas infuses on atmos. phere of well.being Into the hum- blest home. It adds Q spark Of beau- ty to the dullest, most unattractive room. If the room is perfectly fur- nished and arranged, Q fine oil painting or water color touches 1t off with . note of life; 1t makes the room look lived iTl. After oil, some artist has put Q part of his soul Into that picture, and # 1t is well de- signed, it will reach out and in. iluence the surroundings with its moods.
 ITO sum 1t up, mans inherent desire is for beauty; however, his wish for comfort has so overshad- owed this desire through the cen. turies that it has only been during rare periods that Q wholehearted love of beauty has been shown. To- day we are on the way to Q newer height in the quest for that beauty Genuine works Of art are gradually finding their way into tho homes oi ell. Since these works are the mani-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

invitation to attend the district meeting to be held Friday night at Charter oak lodge in Hartford. NO. ble Grand A. ". Ahlberg presided at last nights session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
PRIVATE FINNECAN ENJOYING FURLOUGH

Home on e brief furlough is Joe seph J, Elnnegan, radio man, see- ond class, U, S. Navy, son of Mir. and Mrs, Joseph J, Fannegan of Southnayd road. The young sailor enlisted here October 5, 1889, and at present Is attached to e naval unit operating in the Atlantic. A brother is at sea with the Pacific fleet, Both are petty officers, second class,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
TOWNSEND LODGE
 TO NAME OFFICERS

The annual nomination and cleo. ton of officeis of Townsend lodge of odd Fellows will be held Mon day night with the local lodge act ing as host for district meeting oi the lodges of District 10. District Deputy Grand Master Francis ] Merkle and his staff will attend. Tn. vitations to participate has been OK. tended to Centennial lodge of Nau. gatuck. After the meeting refresh, lnents will be served.
 The lodge last night accepted or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
GOSPEL SPREAD FROM PLANE

Portland, Ind. (UP) = The Rev. Charles A. Fisher, Gospel Taber- nacIe Evangelist, has devised a new way to spread the 0ospel. The Rev. Eisher, together with his son, the Rev. Lee Fisher, have purchased on airplane, and will broadcast their sermons from the air through an ampllfieF, meanwhile barraging the vicinity with tracts and leaflets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

Paprika grown in Spain in i0ai weighed nearly 100000 pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23
HOSIERY

PAULETTE N1L0N HOSE .........:..::....:. a.ssgW 2-hread lovely nyions In H0ney0cmb, Ceeea&sMs MsNA Blush, AGaypOle and TFcplc Nude.
 n cchwebby s-hread aIk with sturdy S1le zssA SzA CocNabark. Aaro Beige.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

festation of the highest visions of creative men, I, as one of the mass es, would feel 1t Q privilege to have in my home 6 specimen of the beauty which our period is bring ing forth so brilliantly"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

of leather star crepe quilted yon sa or muitcolored embroidered rayon Satir Pretty and feminine grand gift.
 FASHION FLOOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

Oracle Allen is the hairdresser', and makeup girls delight--she re. fuses to look in q mirror on the set of "Mr. and Mrs. North" claim ing they know their job better thar she,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-23

oropped on IVY pcan.--Euoie Cam
 xn Club ls the other night Joe Frisco was complaining about a certain nitery operator, who kept asking Joe to be Q guest star in his joynt. The night club man based his request on the grounds that he gave Frisco his first break'', TO which Jack White observed: "Every- body is always claiming they gave the other fellow a break. To them nobody seems to have any talentl"
 A movie producer was telling George Jessel about the success oi antoher producer. Jessel disagreed about the mans talent. "As @ mat ter of fact" said George, The coM- siders his day Q success, is he can find his glasses before four o'clock in the afternoonlD
 Prem the DeC. Sth editorial page of the convicted Wna, Dudley pel. iey's magazine: "At present the legal staff and pelley's counsel are pre- pairing . general conspiracy suit that is to Do launched under tho Federal code during December and January. Any Q-Man, Federal ol State officer, sheriff or city police official, or anyone who has evel engaged in this nefariouS program of trying to suppress or embaFrasG Pelley or his periodicals for telling the truth about AEneEica's traducers is going to be called to defend him. self against the charges that Pel- ley and his supporters wall offer against them. It will Do an epochal litigation, but 1t IS demanded just now to put the long- delayed sQltelci, on the nations Wincheilltes, whc arc seeking to gain their ends by soaring people into panic."
 From the Dec. l4th Times (via Associated PTess): Indianapolis; William Dudley Pelley's Hnagazlne has suspended"
 Period.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03
MEXICO ABANDONS ITS
RED EXPERIMENT
Oroville Mercury-Register)

Mexico, after brief experiment with
communism, has abandoned it in the in
terest of national efficiency and conf
dence.
President Cardenas launched Mexico
upon her communal experiment by con-
fiscating the great land holdings and
turning them into communal farms. AS
result. hundreds of thousands of MeXl-
can farmers, divided into large groups,
were supposed to be working large tracts
of farm land We use the word sup
posed" because they developed little more
heart for their laborS than they had be-
fore as peasants and practical slaves OF
the owners of the huge tracts OF land
Production Jagged. Mexico did not
have sufficient food.
General Camacho, during his cam
paign as candidate for president OF
Mexico. conversed with communal farm
ers throughout the nation and became
convinced that the next step essential
for strengthening the agrarian program
was to give permanent ownership OF the
land to the men who work it, writes
correspondent for the Christian Science
Monitor in Mexico This ownership,
which includes inheritance rights, IS now
being given with the expectation that 1t
will serve as an impulse to increase m
dustry and production everywhere.
One of the chief virtues of the new sys-
tenn. reads an announcement, will be to
free Mexican agriculture from the men
who have used the collective system to
promote exotic doctrines and exercise
undue influence over the farmer The
corresp spondent adds that this is direct
slap at the Communist party, which has
aggressively organized the farm areas
and agitated for extreme leftlst doc
trines."
Mexico's brief experiment with Com
munism got the same results in lnettl-
cheney that are so notorious III Russia.
President Camacho is working fast in
his reform. He issued his orders for
delivery of the land to the workers II
days after his inauguration and on the
following day signed 73 titles of owner
ship. The small farmers who now own
their land for the first time are report
ed as extremely we'll pleased over the
situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03
HOOBER'S GOOD COUNCIL
Sacramento Bee)

Herbert Hoover spoke the sentiments
of millions of Americans when in New
York Saturday night, he urged employ
erS and employees to substitute arbltra-
ton for lockouts and strikes in all essen
tial defense industries. Specifically he
told the Pennsylvania Society Of New
York:
1t is so large an effort EARNING the
country that it demands complete ma
tional unity. And pertinent place for
unity is in labor relations.
In the last war, employers and en-
ployes in essential war industries tacitly
waived the right of lockout and strike
in favor of arbitration. 1t should be
done again.
Arbitration always is the best policy
1t is compounded of that spirit of give
and take without which any form of or
ganzed society would be impossible.
The private feuds of capital and labor
are the very antithesis of this principle
The nation can Ill afford their continu-
ance in peaceful or normal times.
But in period of pressing national
emergency, such as the present, they
should not be tolerated any more than
the undermining activities of known for
eign agents.
President Hoover has urged a policy
which patriotic and loyal employer and
employe alike should be happy to en-
brace. It's contribution to national de-
fense would be immense.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
SAN DIEGO.
No. 282l1
In the Matter of the Estate OF
EVELYN WESTFAHL, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE
SALE
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, KARL A. WESTFAHL,
Executor IF the estate of EVELYN
WESTFAHL, Deceased, will sell at
private sale to the highest bidder
upon the terms and conditions here
matter mentioned, and subject to
confirmation by said Superior Court,
the following described property
situated in the County of Imperial,
State of California, to-wit:
Lot 2, Block SO, Townsite of Ell
Centro, California,
together with the improvements
| thereon.
Said sale will be held on or after
the 25th day of January, l94l, at
| 10 o'clock in the forenoon thereof,
at the office of BEN B. RUBIN,
Attorney at Law, 11O6 San Diego
Trust ~ Savings Building, San Die
go, California, and bids or offers
in writing will be received at said
office for said Executor, or may be
filed in the office of the Clerk of
said Superior Court, or delivered TO
the said KARL A. WESTFAHL, EX-
ecutor, personally, at any time after
giving of this Notice, and before
the holding of the sale.
Said property will be sold ON the
following terms and conditions:
Subject to the second installment
of taxes and assessments for 1940-41
and rights of way, restrictions and
liens and assessments OF record;
ten per cent G0a6) cash in lawful
money of the United States to be
paid at time Of sale, and the bal
ance upon confirmation of sale by
the Court.
DATED: December "a, 1910.
KARL A. WESTFAIIL,
Executor of the Estate OF
EVELYN WESTFAHL,
Deceased.
BEN B. RUBIN,
Attorney for Executor.
(D29-Jl0l
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03
by Willis Thornton
Lottery Question Comes Up Again

least afford it, and that therefore
il was really a tax burden on those
least able to pay.
So lotteries lost the official I'M
primatur of national and state gov
ernmentS.
1t would not be accurate to say
that they vanished from the ma
tional scene. Anyone who has
bought Irish SWeepStake tickets,
pushed the name Trina" out OF a
punchboard for box of candy, or
scribbled his name on a ticket on
q new Sizzling Six for the local
lodge or some war relief fund,
knows that the lottery is not dead.
Thus lottery proponents argue
that since people insist on playing
lotteries anyway Including those
who can't afford to- the state might
as well run them,ru them honest
ly. and profit thereby. 1t is an ole
argument, and has been heard be-
fore in relation to liquor and horse
racing.
While it will be interesting tc
watch the outcome of the proposal
in Massachusetts,, it seems unlike
ly that lotteries will make any real
comeback. The fact that they were
once respectable is now regarded
as a wild oat of our national youth
and Cardinal O'Connell of Bostor
probably speaks fer millions of AM
ericans both inside and outside his
church when he says that 1t is
a tremendous source of moral cor
ruption" The proposal of govern
ment lotteries is sure to be hearc
from many sources, but, if we may
descend to a dice-box phrase, "tht
odds are against them"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-First big
job of the new Congress will be a
little problem in applied economics
how far can you go in the way OF
buying warning neighbor his guns
and ammunition without buying
youself a piece of his war?
Aid-for- Britain will be the No.
topic on the program-with bells
on. And scrap Just as determined
Cthoueh probably not as long, as
that turned ON when the President
got the arms embargo repealed IL
1899 is certain to result.
It's likely to take several queer
turnings, that scrap.
Just what sort of aidBritain
legislation the administration is go
ing to hand Congress isn't clear yet.
It's likely to be involved. because
the Presidents idea is involved.
And while the President seems to
have the votes to get pretty much
what he wants. the very fact that
the new law is gcmg to have to be
involved will give the lsolatlonlStS
several chances to take a good toe
hold and wrestle it around.
IT'S THE FIRST
TBIRD-TERM CONGRESS
You can figure tn at out for
Yourself Here's a plan that would
have the U. S. government taking
over the production of guns, planes,
ships and so on for Great Britain
The big idea is to get the stuff
built without as the President puts
it. worrying about a lot of silly
dollar signs. Having built it, you
get it overseas fast, and you call
it a loan. or a lease. or something
similar. the general idea being that
after the whole fuss is over you
can sit down and figure out who
gets paid for how much, and with
what.
Anything like that is naturally
going to give sarcastic opponents
(of which the administration has
q large collection in this Congress-
a fine chance to inquire how you're
going to cash in when somebody
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03

Every so often, usually when the
tax burden grows heavy, somebody
brings up the old, old question:
Wouldn't it be a good idea to
raise some of this money painless
II. through lotteries?" The Massa-
chusetts legislature soon votes on
such a suggestion for raising money
for old age pensions. 1t has also
been proposed that a huge nation
al lottery be established to raise
part of the national defense funds
1t is really not very surprising
that this lottery proposal keeps
bobbing up. though the whole llV-
ing generation of Americans have
been reared in the belief that 4
lottery is OK if it's bingo or a
turkey rattle in the church parlor,
but immoral when given govern
ment sanction and run on large
scale Americans did not feel so in
their early days. Some of the col
onies themselves were settled partly
by money raised in English lotter-
les. Yale, Harvard, and other COL
leges raised money for buildings by
lotteries in their early days. and
many a road or bridge was built by
lottery raised funds. George Wash
ington himself helped to organize
the Mountain Road lottery in 1853.
But as the country grew up and
set Itself on a firmer financial
foundation, lotteries gradually be-
came undignified. distasteful. dis
reputable, and finally immoral in
the public mind. Many believed
that they simply drew money need
ed for shoes and clothing and milk
from the pockets of those who could
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-03
by Bruce Cation ;.
The Inside Track in Washington

sends few thousand well-used
bombs back to you.
This new Congress ought to DC
worth watching, too, both Wiliie
it talks about aid for Britain ana
while it does the other chores thaI
are waiting for it.
It'll be the first of all third-term
Congresses, and the way 1t oehaVeS
will have lot to do with the shape
the third term takes,
On the surface, the President has
lots of control over both branches
of Congress. Nothing gets out oil
control easier. however, tn a n Il
House of Congress.
BRITISH ISSUE CUTS
ALL PARTY LINES
II also happens that a thing ike
this aid-for- Britain program cuts
right down the middle OF all party
lines that were ever drawn. For
example: Senator Austin of Ver-
mont is a good Republican and a
two-handed partisan-but ne goes
along with administration like a
major on its foreign policy Con-
trariwise. take Senator Wheeler OF
Montana (and there are times when
you'd win FDR's gratitude if you
did take him): lifelong Democrat
he will out-deal the New Deal on
most things. but he'll fight it to the
death of anything that smells OF
gunpowder.
So you never know. You could
bet that Congress will give the
President about what he wants on
foreign policy, but don't offer any
thing special in the way OF oddS.
For the only really safe prediction
is that the oratory will ring up
against the newly-repaired roof OF
tine capitol in a very confused and
confusing manner Somewhere IN
this clamor the voice of democracy
will make itself heard, as 1t always
does. sooner or later. But until
it does. no prediction about what
is is finally going to say is very
safe.