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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
We Never Learn

The ban on brush fires imposed by the Fire Marshal's office came only after the local Fire Department had been worked to the point of exhaustion. There has been lot of comment of late days about the efficiency and ability of our fire fighting forces. It has been of all kinds. There have been remarks of praise, many of criticism. But certainly no one can say after gazing at the number of alarms recorded in the past week that all con- panies haven't been extremely active.
 < And much of this activity was caused by carelessness on the part of individuals. Any number of bell and telephone alarms could have been avoided had property owners and others used little judgment in their exuberance to take advantage of the fine spring weather. Time and again newspapers have cautioned about the dangers of outdoor fires at this sea- son of the year. Almost regularly in some states including our own, it becomes necessary for the governor to issue a proclamation closing all woodlands.
 Yet the same series of brush fires oc- CUTS and often over the same piece of property every year. Little or no effort is made to safeguard against sudden wind carrying the flames out of control. Sometimes supervision is entrusted to couple of little youngsters. All In all we are careless lot when it comes down to this ingrown habit of ours of using flames to consume dried and old grass or undergrowth. As a consequence we should not complain at the high cost of fire fighting, for it's these dinky little blazes that demand so much attention which boost our annual bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
sCULLY AGAIN, BECAUSE G o P LEADERSHIP HAS sCUTTLED
 PARTY, WRITES McHUGH
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Newspaper headlines about the European war, blitzlSriegs, Naziisn, Facism, sabotage, lend-lease bill, all-out-aid to Britain, American peace mobilization units, interven- tionists, preparedness, war orders to local factories, o. I. o. and A. F. Of IL. labor battles and differences, strikes, bills presented to the state Legislature by local administrative leaders, opposed by others and num- erous other items of interest have occupied the minds of most Water
 burians and relegated to the side-
 lines the fact that this Is @ local election year to most voters of the city.
 Not so to active members of both
 the Democratic and Republican
 parties. Time is short when the
 fireworks will fly fast and furious.
 Mayor. Vincent A. Scully will be on
 the pan but when the smoke lifts
 Waterburians will still have Mayor
 Scully as their mayor along with a COiAtPlGtS 6CtAhOGA USAC tsSnCV ONSAA esS
 we now have. Consider the above
 statement as a prediction by Re-
 publican who considers facing facts
 as they are rather than cutting of
 his nose to spite his face by falsely predicting Republican victory in the fall.
 The present leadership of the Re. publican party as in the past would immediately in my estimation spell disaster to the Republican party. As
 I stated before, if they could get the Democratic candidates transferred to the Republican ticket they still could not win an election. Their tactics are an insult to honest, up-
 right, and intelligent Republicans
 of Waterbury.
 The latest offense to Republicans is the attitude and feeble excuse presented at Hartford by J. Warren Upson and Wm. Pape why the gub- ernatorial nominee should be elected for a period of years and elected in an off-year election instead of a presidential election year. Previous to the last state election I couldn't find a Republican and very few Democrats that would agree with me that Robert Hurley would de- feat Gov. Raymond Baldwin. '. Mr. upson and Mfr. Pape's action
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
In Today's Mail

put the Republican party more so in the light that they are fast being known as pleaders, beggars and con- nivers. Cry-babies are not wanted in the Republican party. Decent Republicans want leaders who will do something constructive for the party that will cause the electorate to elect @ Republican ticket on it's merits and ability. Let us from here go back to local leadership of the Republican party. mentioned the present leadership which may be re- placed by the time of the local elec- ton. It can be done and from all indications 1t will be done.
 According to groups of Republi- cans of all denominations the lead- ership of Upson, Pape, Taller, Hall and their stooges is on the way out. Should this be accomplished my predictions are still that the next city election will be a Democratic landslide. What will be accomplish ed by such @ move is that Q new group will control the Republican party in Waterbury and that Albert Taller will be looking for a job. The man for his job I am told is already picked-a man that is really con- sidered leader in the party today and an asset to 1t, although not recognized by those controlling the party. I agree the man mentioned to me measures up to that stand ard. Some Republicans will no doubt wonder why I still predict a Democratic victory although I be- lieve we may have a different lead- ership in the Republican party. shall try to explain.
 The groups seeking a change of leadership almost to the man do not belive they can defeat Mayor Scully, a man who is considered more so today than he was two years ago as an honest and efficient public official, not liked probably by Q few disappointed office-seekers but held high in the esteem of the general public, both Democratic and Republican. They are interested mostly in change of leadership be- fore the party falls entirely into oblivion. On the other hand Re- publican leaders who so unethically maligned ex-Mayor Patrick Perriello In his attempt to secure the nomiri- ation two years ago on the Repub- lican ticket when he was the logical man for 1t and certainly deserving of it are offering the olive branch of a truce to him in a sly manner of propaganda. If I know Patsy and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

city. The time to put out any fire is rgiht when 1t starts-the fire of anger, of passion. of avarice, of jealousy. If they are allowed to go on just a few minutes they gain Q roaring headway which taxes the resources even of the most heroic.
 Many friendship has looked like the bombed city of Plymouth after a half dozen incendiary sentences have been uttered by two highly
 incensed people. The divorce court Is the place where two people plead to be allowed to move out Of Q house
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

I believe I do he will not be fool by them and accept e nominati' from a group who will definite cut his throat at the polls. Pat too smart, honest, and too eff1cie a public servant to be sacrificed.
 The present leadership may thil that it would be 6 good way to eliI mate him and force the Italian H 'publicans to go to the foot of N political line two years hence, N I believe that when Pat and his \ lowers take the leadership away fl the present holders should he deavor to do 50 there will b nayoralty candidate other Patrick Perriello. My advice is there should be and my predict are still Democratic landslide Vincent A. Sculiy as our mayor two more years.
 JOHN McEUc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

Sentiment is on the increase to name the new highway bridge at Hartford in honor of the late Charles J. Bennett, one- time Connecticut Highway Commissioner. The Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers has gone on record as favoring this name Probably therell be general agreement on the name, but we hope that everyone will have a chance to say something about the nam- ing of the proposed new span.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
Questions
 and Answers
YnTrR ouRsTTONs ANsWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free. any question of fact OR iHl- formation, not involving exten-N sive research. Write your ques- tion clearly, sign name and @d- dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water. bury Democrats Washington Ser vice Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth Street, washington, D. o. @. What United States coins were often popularly called White Cents?"
 A. one.cent pieces issued from 1857 to 1864, that were composed Of S8 per cent copper and 12 per cent nickel and had a light color.
 @. Where was the first railway tunnel in the United States? A. It was four miles east of Johnstown, Pa, constructed in 1883
 
 for the Allegheny Portage Railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
 e. Is there any use for hair col- lected from milk goats?
 A. After investigations by the D. s. Department of Agriculture, 1t was found that the hair when cleaned, twisted into rope, boiled in water for about an hour, dried, un- twisted, and picked apart, was sif- flciently resilient for use as Q filling material for pillows, mattresses, bed coverings, and upholstery. The method has prospective applications for other types of livestock hair which formerly have been cosisid- cred waste products.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

The ensuing conference was hot and vehement.
 OPM officials demanded that Stimson hold up the British or- ders until August, on the ground that If placed immediately their Impact on U. s. industry would upset the machine tool program. The British had been dickering with plants not engaged in de- fense work, which would require considerable re-tooling to handle the proposed orders.
 Stimson replied that he knew all this, but the risk of tenn porary hitch In the machine tool ,set-up would have to be taken because 1t was vital to get pro- duction under way for Britain and her allies at once. Ordinar- fly quiet spoken, Stimson declar- ed with forceful emphasis that he intended to go ahead with his plan to send out the "letters of intent"
 OPM officials hotly retorted that they would take up the mat ter with the President as soon as he returned from his fishing cruise. With 8 grim smile, Stim- son cordially invited them to do that. l,l
 What he didn't tell them, . secret between him and Roose-
 welt, was that he was acting
 with the Presidents full ap-
 proval.
 NAZI MEDITERRANEAN LAKE
 Tell-tale signs accumulate that the next big Hitler drive is to make tho Mediterranean an Axis lake. The most obvious, of course,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

equally late peneulcJlon to
 Undoubtedly Stalin has had an inkling of what was in store for him for some time, but 1t came to a head during the Matsuoka conversations in Berlin, when Hitler and the Japanese Foreign Minister put 1t on the line-to at- tack Russia this summer.
 The only If" in their decision was in the case the soviet defi- nitely would join the Axis In waging war against Britain, ana accept relative pittance as her reward in the gamble. Stalin has been asking the return of the chinese Eastern Railway and the northern part of Manchukuo as his hush- -money. The Axis, how. ever, is not willing to meet him anywhere near halfway. s
 They know that Nazi armies can take the Dardanelles over- night, bottle up the Black See, simultaneously walk into the ricn fields of the Ukraine. In other words. Hitler has Stalin right where he wants him.
 One phase of this Is of spe-
 cial interest to the United
 States. On the international checker board 8 move against Russia would mean that Japan
 could not move in the South Pacific, That should ease the situation around Singapore and
 the Duh East Indies-at least for the time being.
 NOTE-It was 6talin's agree. ment with Hitler to divide Poland that precipitated the war which now seems likely to engulf him. LEE OF OKLAHOMA
 Senator Josh Lee of Oklahoma went home after the lend-lease bill to address a joinst session of the oklahoma Legislature in de- fense of the measure.
 Orator Lee carried the legisla- tors with him. When he had fin- ished, the entire group rose to its feet in thunderous applause. But back in Washington friend ask ed Lee how he liked his trip home, and got this answer:
 "T liked 1t fine," he said. You
 know, my boy Bob got all
 scrubbed up clean in my
 honor!" ARMY VS. OPM
 There was a lot more to the Presidents statement of dissatis- faction with Defenese production than appeared on the surface.
 What the President knew but did not mention was that there had been sharp clashes between OPM production chiefs and Sec- retary of War Stimson over the placing of lend-lease contracts. To insiders Roosevelt.s statement was notice that he was siding with his Republican Secretary or War. :.
 The undercover dispute started when the $7,000,O00,000 lend- lease appropriation was still pending in Congress. Without waiting for the bill to be passed, Stimson proposed sending out "letters of intent" to various manufacturers cooperating with the British Purchasing Commis- sion. They had been negotiating for $150,000,000 worth of small arms and quartermaster supplies, and Stimson wanted to advise the plants to start work on the orders at once.
 This procedure was followed by the Army last spring when the first big defense program was be- fore Congress. But when OPM production moguls got wind of Stimson's plan they let out loud squawk, rushed to the War De- partment to urge him to desist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

Political pots are quietly simmering these days, according to all reports. But plans are being formulated in various corners that look far ahead to next fall. There is ambition hidden deep in the breast of many man; ultimately 1t will break out in wild desire to run for pub lie office. It isn't given to everyone of us to be so 11onored. Those who fail should remember they are in good company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

ana most or LneM il alternate Q tes have discovered.
 when tn c board first met, after 1t was ape pointed, 1t con- duo ted routine organization and then optimistic ally adjourned for two weeks and tw o days, waiting for the first case to be certified to 1t by the Ia b or De- v1ortuaant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

that is already half consumed over their heads, and to move into sep arate houses, when if they had tak- en the fire in time, the house and all the precious things therein might have been saved.
 The British are a resolute and stubborn people. They often hide in doorways while the city is being bombed, and as soon as an incen- diary drops, men, women and children are on it within Q minute to stamp out its life and prevent a confiagration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

Is Hitler's unconcealed plan to launch submarine and bombing raids against Suez from his new base aS Salonika and from the Greek islands.
 Secret plans for closing the oth- CT end of the Mediterranean have been evident for some time along the Spanish border, where big guns are ready to be rushed against Gibraltar.
 Most significant of these preparations, however, has not leaked out. It shows how ex- tensive are Hitler's ambitions around the Mediterranean. For some weeks now, Nazis have been busy dismantling the afr planes of General Weygand in North Africa. Every morning the French wake up to find a magneto missing from one ma chine, . carburetor from anoth- CT. Gradually, the essential parts of this air fleet have evapOrated.
 Hitler is taking no chances on letting what remains of the French air force to get into Brit ish hands. There now seems to be little question that Hitler plans to take over French pos sessions in North Africa, to- gether with French naval bases, as soon as the time is ripe.
 NOTE-U. s. military observ- CTS believe the Mediterranean will be ripe first, next Russia. That is the way the Hitler time- table looks today.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

1. To what empire do the Falk' land Islands belong?
 2. Which well-known actress wal honored recently on the 10th ami versary of her stage career?
 3. Yew is the name of a femal' sheep or an evergreen tree? .
 4. Name the author of the move Ramona" II
 5. Name the three States of th| U. S., bordering on the Pacinl Ocean. I
 6. What was the first nlessae| transmitted by telegraph?
 2. Name the author of "The Rel Network"
 8. With which sport is Billy Cont associated?
 g. Name the four months whicI have only thirty days.
 10. Where were the Puritans ga ing in Boughton's famous paint ing?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 10:01 a. m; sets 6:30 p. m.
 Sun rises 5:16 a. m.: sets 6:30 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Two weeks of April have passed with noth- ing but encouragement for planting. This has been ideal weather for preparation of gardens; cleaning up around them; getting front lawns in shape. It won't remain 30 for the entire month, make the most of it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

them unneolaLe-
 ly. They have
 learned through bitter experience that the time to put out Q fire and the way to put 1t out is right when 1t tar t s and with a wet sack, not an hour later with half the fre-hghting euuiuneYit of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
Washington Merry Co., Round
DREW PEARSON
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National
 
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CorregnOnAent

Washington, April 14 - Oh, the life of a member of the new Na- tional Defense Mediation Board is not merry one. as the Il men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

All Rights Reserved Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, we adjourned st
 about ten o'clock; omit "at."
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

HOW TO DEAL WITH FIRE
 The English people have learned to make quick work of incendiary bombs. They bounce upon them as soon as they fall and extinguish
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
REFUSED TO STOP GROWING

REFUSED TO STOP GROWING
 On g building site cleared In London and left about two years, . botanist found growing 2S flow- ering plants and ferns, as we'll as moses and 1iverworts. Nature started her own garden. But, 1t isn't necessary for you to wait two years to have . garden. "Flower Gardens" . guide for the aliaa. teur gardener covering the preps aratlon of the beds, kinds Of flOws CTS, fertilizing, and general i'm. structions on planting will be of inestimable help to you. It is available from The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. G. for 10 cents fin coin or stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
Whats Your l. O.!

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
A Thought for Today

I will praise the Lord according to his right eousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.
 Earth, with her thousand voices, praises God. -Coleridge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

@. What was the national income
 A. Preliminary estimates place N at $73,8oo, ,000,0 900. r
 o. Are operator licenses and sta. ton licenses required to operate q radio transmitting station In the United States? ,., A. The law provides that both must be procured, and severe pen. alties may be imposed for operating 8 transmitting station without proper licenses.
 c. Who were named the ten most popular movie stars during 1940?
 A. The Motion Picture Herald's survey of Hollywood's biggest money making stars of last year named the following as the leading ten: 1, Mickey Rooney; ?, Spencer Tracy; 3, Clark Gable; 4, Gene Autry; 5, Tyrone Power: 6, James Cagney; 2, Bing Crosby; 8, Wallace Beery; 9, Bette Davis; 10, Judy Garland.
 e. Which son of President The- odore Roosevelt was killed in an air battle in the first World War? What kind of plane was he flying? A. Quentin Roosevelt was shot down and killed behind the Germanl lines, July 14, 1918. He was flying al Nieuport 28 with Q Gnome engine. The plane bore the insignia of the s5th Aero Squadron, Q bucking troncho.
 e. When will Officers' Training camps be opened for students se- lected from enlisted men of the U. s. army?
 A. July l, 1941.
 c. Where are the largest de- posits of potash salts?
 A. Prussia, Germany. e. Is x-ray used in aircraft ir- spection9
 A. It is utilized to reveal defects in metal parts which might other wise escape visual inspection. |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

Then the members scattered to their regular jobs, and since the Presidents order specified that they were to get $25 a day plus expenses while actually on the job, they thought they were of the payroll. Instead, they've all worked every day including Sundays and at such hours as would bring the blush of shame to any advocate of the eight- hour day, or even the 12 or 16-hour day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-02
Calendar of Social Events
TO-DAY

TODAY
Huron Temple Pyhian Sisters initiation o'clock X p Hall
Queen City Lodge number 1877 Knights Of Pyhas card party
o'clock X p. Hall
Queen City meeting followed
by party open to friends
Ypant Commandey number 81 Knights Tempr stated
clave 30 Masonic Temple lodge
FRIDAY
Carpenter Womens Relief IS business meeting $50
installation OF officers supper $3.50. GAR. Hall
Singleton Bridge Club Alfred Hozhauer
Ypslanu Aere Fraternal Order OF Eagles o'clock hail. 7l
N
Deaoness Society Of Lutheran Church social meeting o'clock
home of Mrs Arthur Peters Christmas party bring gift for
exchange.
Ypslanu Lodge number 54s LooF o'clock Odd Fellow Hall
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-02

Mr. and Mrs. Gardner Hulett,
Mrs. Lottie Russ and Miss Pearl
Allen were dinner guests New
Years OF Miss Aliens grandfather,
Charles Allen. Belleville.
Misses Constance and Marilyn
Reddaway will return home Sun.
day after spending the vacation
with their grandmother. Mrs. Edwin
Rowe, Portland.
Byron Fosket is visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Thibault and family in
Escanaba this week. He postponed
the trip because his brother, Max,
was visiting here.
Mrs. w. j. Clarke, ~ Adams st.
is spending the holiday season with
her daughter and family. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. W. Osburn. Forest Hills,
n. Y.
Misses Elizabeth and Nellie
Stobie were New Years guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Kettles. Ian
sing.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-02
Treasury to
Seek Control
of Defenses

Continued from Page One)
governors. the presidents OF the
Federal Reserve Banks and the
members OF the Federal Advisory
Council representing The IL re
serve dI.trlcts. 1t emphasized hat
the nation is in no danger OF IN.
flation but foresaw such a threat
unless the fiscal monetary mach.n-
cry was shifted from a peacetlme
basis to one able TO meet indust-
rial needs OF world at war
Something must be done to halt
the accumulation Of idle money.
the reserves, which, the board
said. would exceed the present 81
000,000,00O OBJ as the government
issued more and more defense Sc
curities.
The board recommended, in ad-
dition to Greenback Act repeal
and lapse OF the Presidents dollar
devaluing power. these moves:
Gradual increase in taxes until the
federal budget is balanced; repeal
Of the Treasury's power TO issue
currency against foreign silver
and of the power to issue silver
certificates against seigniorage OF
silver: use of the sterilization
fund to absorb and control excess
reserves in domestic banks; in
crease OF the amount OF reserves
required of member banks with
authority 10 double their present
amounts to absorb idle money,
and extension Of reserve require
ments to all banks; segregation OF
gold imports to top issuance OF
gold certificates which results IN
more idle credits.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-02

PHILADELPHIA ms Eight
year old Vincent O'Brien and an
unidentified man were burned TO
death and two other residents and
fireman were burned today when
flames swept a three story Phil
adelphia house. The boys father,
Harry. 46. was in critical condition
from burns and internal injuries
received when he leaped from a
third floor window with his cloth
ing aflame. Mrs. Beatrice Siden-
berg, Sc. owner OF the dwelling,
suffered burns.