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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-04

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-24
TO CONDI(T SERVICES

Mt. Calvary Holiness church OF
oxford NH present a program a
New Bethel Baptist, colored, here
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings. The public is cordially
invited 20 attend.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-24
TRAFFIC FINES.

Mr.. Geo, d. Slack and ". r. Mur-
LAY paid 81 traffic fines INTO the Of
flee OF the city clerk, records there
showed today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-24
At Lions Convention.

sam Afford is in AShcNillc attend
ing the annual State Convention OF
Lions clubs.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

extended to agencies here. 1t has
not been used uniformly in non-civil
service establishments, however, and
the result of the Presidents order
will be to make the entire executive
branch conform to the same pattern.
All employees whose prints have not
been recorded, including both those
who were in the service when finger
printing was inaugurated, and others
in agencies where it has not been
required, must comply with the new
ruling-a total running high into the
thousands. Hereafter appointees
without exception will be subject to
the order.
Under any circumstance it is
proper for the Government to re-
quire employees to be fingerprinted
in order to keep out undeSirableS.
1t is doubly important that such
action be taken at the present time.
On the basis of past experience the
checkup will disclose some instances
where the individuals concerned do
not belong in the Federal service,
but in the vast majority of cases
the employees have nothing to fear.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
EXPECTANT YOUTH
By the Right Reu. James Freeman, D. d. ILL., d. D. C. L.,
Bishop of Washington.

lent qualities and to give to life poiSe
and the capacity to meet every emer-
gency and testing, strong moral and re-
ligious principles are indispensable.
Aptitude, fitness, mental alertness, these
are important factors in the making of
a career, but clever, smart people do not
constitute the sustaining element in a
community a state or a nation. The
ruthless men who today are shattering
the peace of the world are smart and
clever, wiCkedly So Those who create
discords and confusion in the orderly
ways of living, they too have sharpened
faculties and a genius for leadership,
but they are Improbable citizens and
their vicious ways create instability and
insecurity.
The young men and women emerging
from our schools and colleges need an
equipment greater than that which their
coveted diplomas suggest. They are
coming into a world that for the while
has suffered the impairment or loss of
deep moral and religious values. Many
of them will go from the classroom to
Army training camps, to prepare them
selves for the defense of American in
stitutions and ideals. All this doubt
less is necessary, but beyond all this
preparation there must be the strength
ening and stabiliZing of the morale Of
the Nation. Every home, every social
agency must contribute its part to this
end Christian civiIizat ton cannot be
sustained by armed forces on sea and
land. The normal, wholesome ways of
life cannot be guaranteed to us by "busi-
ness as usual" or the return of pros
perity. Those of the elder generation
have a grave responsibility for the on
coming generation that is eager to find
security and measurable success in life.
If youth must be put under the stern
discipline of camp life, those of US who
are still free to pursue the normal ways
and habits of life, are summoned to do
our share to make that part Of the world
in which we live more decent, clean and
fit for the generation that is to follow us.
Here is a challenging duty and one
that concerns vitally our sons and
daughters. With all that the writer of
the quoted letter prescribes We are in
cordial agreement, but something more
is needed, sorely needed if youth is not
to be disillusioned and frustrated in
the DAYS that lie ahead. Let us hope and
pray that youth is not to be disappointed
in its just and reasonable expectations.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

At this time of the year our minds
turn to the incidents and events that
are closely associated with the early
summer. One of these concerns youth.
1t is the period of the year when the
schools and colleges are turning from
their halls of study thousands of young
men and women who, having finished
their prescribed courses, are graduating
from the classroom of theory into the
work-a-day world of practical service.
Under normal conditions there Is some
thing thrilling about such an event.
Expectancy, alertness of mind, an eager
desire to begin the real work of life,
all this is the consistent and reasonable
attitude of youth.
Recently there came to our desk the
copy Of letter written by man who
has attained eminent success, addressed
to young man who graduates from COL
lege this spring. He says: only a few
more days and you will be out in the
world starting in business and learning
to take care of yourself. 1t won't be so
easy, and yet I feel with your desire to
work and to be careful as to your per-
sonal habits, an opportunity should come
to you. This world may change after
the war is over but in my opinion no
condition will long keep down thrift,
ability, brains and a desire to work and
get ahead. These will always command
their reward, and rewards are not going
out of fashion. In your endeavor to find
out how other men succeed, observe
their habits, their way of living, their
fairness to others, and their control of
temper There is no quick way to sue
cess. l have noticed that in your letters
you repeatedly use the word smart in
discussing men and their ability. In
my experience the so-called smart peo-
pie are not the most successful. They
may cut short corners ahead of their
competitors and yet lack the elements
that make for success. The hard-work-
ing, careful, thrifty man who minds his
own affairs while rendering consistent
public service who lives within his means
and judges accurately human nature, he
is the man most likely to succeed. I
am deeply interested in you and wanted
TO give you my ideas of why men sue
ceed without being smart, so that as
things come to you, you can use some
of my ideas as to how to succeed"
These are sound admonitions and they
are all TO the good, but they need to
be supplemented. To acquire these excel
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Stop 1t Now!

4edrS Oh JTlIllIlS ana llueClSlN6 dp-
proach to the city's parking problem
have brought the logical penalty
the fantastic proposal now actually
under consideration to turn some
twenty-five acres of National Capt.
tai parks into parking lots for auto
mobiles.
And this proposal, emanating-ot
all places-from the National Park
Service of the Department OF In
terror, guardian and developer of
parks, is advanced as the lesser of
two evils. The Park Service does not
want it. The Park Service naturally
abhors the idea. But evidently the
suggestion has been advanced to
prevent the even more damaging
plan of turning the polo grounds,
In West Potomac Park, into a huge
parking lot of cinders or concrete
and to save other parks, even closer
to the Navy Department, from like
destruction.
But why should a minutes con-
sideration be given to either of these
plans? OF course the problem of find
ing a parking space for car is a
serious one. But is it going to be
solved by horribly distorting the
Capital park system and turning
rare acres of green grass into even
greater acres Of glaring concrete,
on which to park automobiles?
This is no solution. To do what
the Navy wants done will set the
precedent for the Army. And why
stop there Why are Navy Depart
ment employees to be given the use OF
concreted park lands for their auto
mobiles if Commerce Department
employees are to be denied them? And
once these parking spaces are ere
ated, who is there who believes that
this expedient is temporary; who
Is there who thinks that they will
ever be returned to use as the parks
for which the land was bought and
reclaimed? Once this process of de-
struction is begun, once the mania
for spreading concrete over the parks
catches hold, there will be no stop
ping it.
This is no solution, for it merely
creates a greater evil in place of an
existing one. The solution lies in
the provision of the mass transpor-
tation facilities for the employees in
the downtown office buildings, carry
ing them to and from parking places
outside the congeSted area. 1t is a
physical impoSsibility to provide, in
the limited areas of downtown
Washington, a parking place for
every one who wishes to indulge him.
self in the luxury of private trans
portation. To attempt to do so is
evasion of the issue, at tremendous
cost. When parking is eliminated
downtown and in the park roadways,
other transportation will be avail
able. But not until it is eliminated.
Here is a problem that requires
the interceSsion of the President. He
will realize that, once begun, the use
of park land for parking lots in
Washington is not going to have an
end. The time to stop it is now-be-
fore it begins.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Damascus

American followers Of T. E.
Lawrence will remember that his
Revolt in the Desert" ends with the
Arab occupation of the oldest city
in the world" The final words of
the book are those in which the
author tells of the Muedhdhins
calling the faithful to prayer "on
this their first night of perfect free
dom" October, 1918, was the time.
An independent Syrian government
established then endured for nearly
two years. The subsequent mandate
to the French was designed to pro-
tect the liberties of the people as
well as to preserve order conducive
to the best interests of foreigners in
the neighborhood, but the results
were disappointing. Damascus still
retains it's reputation for turbulence
and dissension.
Tracing the history of the town
back to the period of the fourteenth
chapter of Genesis, an identification
with battle appears to be charact-
eristic of the chronicle from its start.
The conflict of the four kings against
five, as related in the Scriptures, was
but one of many struggles in which
the DamaskeneS of antiquity were
involved. Successive waves OF con-
quest have swept over the plains
of Western Syria. Tiglath-Pileser I
spared the community that it might
be a buffer" between Assyria and
Israel. David attacked the city be-
cause it had aided his enemy, the
King of Zoba. During the reign OF
Solomon it was the stronghold of
Recon. Shalmaneser wasted the
country round about, but could not
reduce the fortress. The Assyrians,
however. under 1glath-Pileser III
Evening star., 1941-06-15
in 733 BIC, seized the capital and

in 733 Be, seized the capital and
punished it.
In the era of Alexander the
Great, Damascus fell to Parmenio
after the Macedonian victory of
Issus. Later, it was in Egyptian
hands. The Romans named it pro-
vincial center. Khalid Ibn Weld
captured the city for Islam in 635
AID, and the famous dynasty of the
OmayadS made it the seat of their
increasing power. During the Cru
SadeS, Saladin held it against re-
peated Frankish assaults. His tomb
still attracts pilgrims. The Mon
golians took the town in 1860, Tam
erlane in 1899, the Turkish Sultan
Selim in 1916.
But its strategic position on the
main channel of the Barada River
does not explain why Damascus has
been desired by such a diversity Of
conquerors. A clue to its value may
be found in LaWrence's description:
when dawn came we drove to the
head of the ridge, which stood over
the oasis of the city, afraid to look
north for the ruins we expected;
but, instead of ruins, the silent
gardens stood blurred green with
river mist, in whose setting SHIN
mered the city, beautiful as ever,
like pearl in the morning SUM-"
Perhaps the phase which the poet
John Greenleaf Whittier applied to
Frederick, Maryland, might be
adapted: Fair as garden of the
Lord"
A rose in the desert, then, is
Damascus. If the blossom has
thorns, that was its nature from the
start. Perhaps new era will open
with events soon to come.
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

This time so years ago the social and
political exodus from the Capital for
the summer had been
MiItoy well under way, and
Romance there was not much To-
cal news along those
lines. The event that drew the most
space in The Star of June 13, 1891, was
the announcement of the engagement of
Mai. Gen. John M. Schoheld, distin-
guished Civil War officer and for
short time Secretary of War: Wash
ington society dearly loves romance,
and the leafy month OF June can be
generally relied upon to provide one. A
few years ago the nuptials of the Presi-
dent set all the world of politics and
official life quivering with excitement,
and now the sensation all along the
line over the approaching marriage OF
Gen. Schoheld, commander of the
United States Army, and Miss Georgia
Kilbourne of Keokuk, Iowa, is accom-
panied by much of the same interesting
comment 1t is again the union of May
and December, cemented amid the roses
of June"
Further progress was made in the
difficult legal task of acquiring, for the
District. clear title to all portions OF
Rock Greek Park. The Star of June Is,
1891, reported it as follows: yesterday
was the return day in the case of the
Rock Creek Park for the parties inter-
ested to show cause why appraisers
should not be appointed for the con-
demnation of the ground required, the
owners of which had not agreed with
the commission as to the price. There
we're a large number of interested par
ties in the court. Petitions to dis
miss the motion were fled
That clamor for Federal protection OF
bank depositors against fraud and mis-
management Is at
Controllers least so years old is
RESPONSIBILITY demonstrated by the
reactions to the dis
astrous keystone Bank failure in Phila-
delphia. The Star of June l3, 1891.
commented: "A scandalous failure like
that of the Keystone Bank directs at
tention to the heavy responsibility
that lies with the Controller OF the
Currency. He is the umpire of the game
of finance, and upon his alertness and
judgment much depends whether hon.
esty or fraud shall win.
He is more than that, he is monitor
and supervisor of the banking system OF
the Nation. 1t is his duty to watch the
banks and warn them when there ap-
pears danger of their going to the bad,
and in the last extremity to step in
with full authority to take charge and
protect the people against the Napo-
Icons of finance"
John L. Sullivan, retired, but still un-
defeated heavyweight champion, by his
prestige doomed the London prize ring,
bare-knukle fights to oblivion. After
expressing his willingness to return to
the ring, possibly to fight the winner
of the Kilrain- Corbett contest, which
he foresaw, according to The Star of
June 13, 1891, "he further says that if a
fight was to be arranged for him on his
return against the winning heavyweight
he would feel that he ought to dictate
the terms He has decided that with
bare knuckles and London prize ring
rules he will never have anything more
to do"
Evening star., 1941-06-15
Finqerprinting Employees

President Roosevelt'S order direct
ing that the fingerprints of all Gov
ernment workers be recorded and
checked at the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation simply extends to the
entire civilian force a requirement
that heretofore has applied to much
of the service.
Fingerprinting has been a part OF
civil service appointive procedure for
about fifteen years, having been
started in TIE field Offices and later
Evening star., 1941-06-15

It guaranteed to members OF that union
protection against loss of their jobs
through any union activity. 1t set up
mediation machinery and used that ma
chinery to assure the workers that any
concessions they obtained through ne
gotiations would be retroactive to the
start of negotiations so there could be
no possible loss to the workers.
Even so, strike was called in the most
vital of defense industries affecting a
large proportion of the output of that
industry.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

In the final analysis, no matter
how Successful the Germans may
have been in their air borne invasion
of Crete, it is a good bet that the
British learned just as much through
this campaign as did the Nazis.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

Fisheries experts state that a
halibut which has attained eleven
years has lived to "a ripe old age"
Unfortunately, however, as concerns
fish, ripeness can come to them at a
comparatively tender age.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

The new British clothes-r -rationing
plan necessitates eight coupons for
a pair of trousers, but thrifty Scot
can get kilt for only six. How
about the now popular shorts?
Evening star., 1941-06-15

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispatches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news published nerein.
All rights of publication OF special dispatches
herein also are reserved
Evening star., 1941-06-15
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Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1941-06-15

operate.
Or second, he can obtain from Con-
greSs new legislation that will impose
upon all labor unions set of standards
and responsibilities commensurate with
the powers they exercise, due to govern
ment projections. The chances are
that Mr.. Roosevelt will avoid this meth
cd because of the fear that it might open
a fight in Congress that would result
in emasculation of existing labor laws.
This Government today provides every
protection to labor unions. Yet, in re-
turn, the Government asks no standard
of performance from the unions 1t helps
to create and which it protects from
employer interference of any kind
Even union leaders of the more far
seeing type recognize that the present
situation cannot continue. The reason
is that there is too much incentive for
INSCRIPTIONS leadership to get in
trenched in unions and to exercise power
in a way that is detrimental to the
national interest. If Government is
going to encourage the building OF un-
ions with millions of members and with
powers that affect the daily lives of the
whole Nation if abused, then the Gov
ernment also will insist upon some con-
trolls over the exercise of those powers.
Sooner or later, this is going to mean
a curb on the right to strike. If given
a chance, Congress would vote today to
impose such curb.
The reason is illustrated by the strike
that led President Roosevelt to his first
use of troops. The Federal Govern
ment had encouraged organization OF
the union that finally went op strike.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
.Morgenthau Halls
Marked Response
To Big Issue
Reports Sale Going
Extremely WE'LL With
Premiums Offered
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau
said today the sale of $1,000, 100000
of new bonds to the investing public
was going extremely we'll"
The securities, 212 per cent bonds,
maturing in from 26 to 81 years,
were placed on sale this morning.
Morgenthau told a press confer
ence that evidence of the success
of the issue was shown by the fact
that holders of $204, 4,425 900 of old
Treasury notes. which can be ex-
changed for identical bonds, are
being offered 3 to 3l2 per cent
premium for their old notes or the
exchange privileges attached to
them. New bonds to be issued in
exchange for these notes will be in
addition to those sold for cash. .
Morgenthau said the bulk of the
subscriptions for the cash bonds
were coming, as the Treasury de-
sired, from insurance companies,
mutual savings banks and other
investors willing to buy them and
put them away for a long term in
vestment." Commercial banks were
permitted to buy the bonds, but the
Treasury and Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn recently have had the policy
of urging the purchase of Govern
ment securities by others, as far
as possible, because when a COM
mercial bank buys a Government
bond bank deposits rise and con-
tribute to inflationary trends.
Besides the new bonds being sold
to the public for cash and being
exchanged for old Treasury notes,
an additional Sl00OOO,OOO of the
new bonds will be purchased by
Government investment accounts.
Except for the Panama Canal
bonds of 1911, the maximum 81
years maturity on the new bonds
is the longest in Treasury history.
Oversubscription Seen.
In New York Wall Street experts
predicted that from $4,000 900, 900 to
$4,000 100000 would be offered the
Government for the new bonds.
This would mean that subscribers
would be allotted only 10 to Is per
cent of their desires.
Some of the more conservative
members of the financial community
were represented as surprised by the
warmth Of the reception being &C
corded the loan in view of the fact
that it would be the longest term
issue outstanding.
Many institutional investors or
dinarly prefer shorter-term Govern
ment bonds. owing TO the fact that
they want to be able to cash in their
holdings at their face value reason
ably quick in times of stress.
New York BUYS Bonds.
New York City Immediately re-
quested s100,000,000 of the new bonds
and Controller McGoldrick gave
Government Representatives a check
for sl0,000,000 as first payment.
Except for relatively small sub
Scription to the Liberty loan in the
World War, the subscription marked
the first time New York City has en-
tered the field of Federal invest
ment.
Evening star., 1941-10-09
CHICAGO Livestock

CHICAGO Oct. Q Up, UNITED States De-
psrtment Of Agriculture .---Sals ole hogs,
5000. total. l2,500; moderately active,
about steady: top, 11.l5; bulk. o00-10
pounds. 090-11 10: most 10000 pound
lights. 10. 15-11 90; good and choice. l60-
SO pound u9derweights. lo-5o-s5:, good
300-6o pound sows generally 975-10.35;
with 400-500 pound kinds Q 9l0-65
Salabe cattle. 4000. calves, 500. trad
ina continued dull on medium weight and
weiehty steers: hit and miss market about
STEADY with Wednesdays extreme decline;
all such cattle $3.50 under last weeks
close; most weighty bullocks, II .O0-75 only
choice medium weights making II 90 or
better: fairly dependable trade, however
on hght warnings, but long yea Rings ard
light steers barely steady; common and
medium weights. all sradeS. scarce, steady:
best yearlinss, I2.4o small package. u 80:
heifer yearlings. 1885. cows steady TO
weak; fat cows. less active but Gamers
cutters and common beef cows firm. Up TO
7.5n; bulls and veaiers steady welshty
sausage bulls to Q A.: choice Vealers 10
! 80: stock cattle trade slowed down by
salabie Sheep. 1000; total 5000: late
Wednesday: Lambs, 1915 higher; other
classes steady: bulk good and choice ma
tive lambs, 11.75-9n; top, u 90. Today's
trade Lambs opening 1915 lower; other
classes steady. five doubles closely sorted
SO-pnund Westerns. IL 10: others held up
TO l2.25; choice natives, II So: bulk good
and choice 50-75; deck a2-pound fed
yesrlingS' $50 bulk fat native ewes, 4 90
3 90.