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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
Current Comment

It does not take much imagina- tion or foresight to see that the uneven distribution of children amorg economic classes is endan- gering our national economy, our national defense, and our democratic Institutions.
 Guy Irving Burch director, Popu- lation Reference Bureau.
 You cannot pick up lot of young men and take them a long way from home, and work them hard, without giving them an opportunity to have some fun.
 Billy Rose, theatrical impresario.
 
 Both sides need education.
 Fillmore M. Herrlck, regional dl- rector NLRB, on labor relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
Selected Poem
THE ZIMMERMAN
(Peggy Johnson in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford TimeSl

Peggy Johnson in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) The weather for tomorrow? Warm and very fair, An ideal day for picnic-the weathermen declare You start off with your hamper, the sun shines all
 around, But you soon begin to scamper, when the rain
 comes pouring down You're planning on business trip there are tres
 to be sold, The weather, says the paper, will be very, very
 cold. You're bundled up in winter clothes, as warm as
 you can be, When you find that the temperature has climbed
 to ninety-three! You humble and you grumble, As you tear of your glovesJ- Three cheers for the forecaster, The man the public lovesl'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
"Sny It Ain't So"

For years Americans have striven to bake, toast, grill, fry, scorch, parboil and otherwise partially incinerate themselves in the sunshine. It has at times come close to mania. Now comes pr. Hugh Cabot, saying that while sunshine may supply useful vitaminS to growing chil- dren, for adults it's benefits are open to question, being chiefly confined, he suspects, to Ian illusion of health"
 An, but that isn't the final word, doc- tor. If an illusion of health" Is strong enough, what's the practical difference between that and health itself? Move that chair over into the sun little far ther, will you? A-a-a-h that's good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27

aid P. Nye of North Dakota re- ceived for addressing the annual dinner of the Steuben Society ct the Hotel Biltmore in New York Isn't the first money Nye has received from this organization.
 The society also contributed to
 the lSolationlst senator's Cams
 paIgn for reelection in 1888.
 Yves financially report on that
 campaign, filed with the Sec-
 retary of Che Senate, contains
 entries of small contributions
 from the Steuben Society of Dc.
 troit, the steuben Society of
 Union City, N. J., and the Steu.
 ben Society of Hempstead, N. Y.
 Though small, the interesting thing about these donations is that the three branches of the Ger. n-Amer!can organization were outside of North Dakota. New York and New Jersey are { long way from the Northwest, yet the steuben Society was sufficiently interested In Yves political career to assist him financially even be- fore the war started.
 Another interesting report coin- cerning Senator Nye is in the flies of the Dies Committee. This shows that one of the groups most active in arranging the big pro-Nazi German Day" rally in Madison Square Garden, New York, october 3, 1887 was also the steuben Society. This meet- Ing waS policed by 1000 Bund storm Troopers in uniform. :. |.
 NOTE - Nye has permitted the steuben Society to have bundles of his speeches in franked en. velopes which have been addressed
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and mailed at the taxpayers ex- pense.
 CI0 CONVENTION
 It hasn't been announced but the tentative date fixed for this years CIO convention is Novem- Der 17 ct Detroit.
 Barring Q relapse from his re. cent illness, CIO president Phil Murray will be present and Q can. didate for reelection. Stricken with Q heart ailment after Q strenuous game of badminton, Murray has left the hospital and Is completing his convalesceIlce ct Q country place.
 But before leaving the hospital, Murray was visited by John l. Lewis, who has secret ambitions to recapture the CI0 presidency. The ostensible purpose of Lewis visit was to inquire about Mur- rays health.
 The meeting between the two old miner friends was cordial. No politics or plans were dls- cussed. Murray, however, dld make lt clear that he intended to be present at the CTO con- vention.
 NOTE - Despite certain reports to the contrary, William Green will be reelected president of the AFL at It's convention in Seattle Certain elements have been se' cretly boosting George Meany ATL secretary-treasurer, to replace Green, but they have been un. able to rally much backing.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
EDITORS RIGHT FOR A CHANGE, SO
 ALL'S RIGHT
 WITH WORLD
September sA, le4l.

September 2A, ie4i. Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Your editorial in tonight's paper -"rjneasy Lies the Head"-was O. K. and shows your keenneSs of mind in analysing the real culprit in this war. You also deserve credit for giving both sides of all con- troversial Issues space in your paper Good luck to you.
 ALVIN JOHNSON,
 3o2 South Main St,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27

Judging by all the "sound and fury" resulting from construction oi new val lev route the work below Naugatuck is progressing satisfactorily We have long rmoaned and groaned about the Naugaa- tuck Valley highway. Now that real efforts are being made to correct its defects. we should cheer every bump constructor work produces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
Daily Almanac

Moon sets ll:57 D. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:44 a. m; sets 6:42 p. m. (day- light time0
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The moon entered its first quarter phase early this morning If this sign doesn't fan the coming week ought to produce the long awaited wet spell. There is every indication September will end on a rainy note.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
What's Your l. O.?
Can yOu answer seven OR these test questions? Turn tO back page for the answers.

1. which state s nearest the North Pole?
 2. Which of these, the Sun, Moon or Venus is called queen Of the tides?
 3. A fianingo Is Q type of air. plane, a species of bird, or Q hard subStance2
 {. From what physical disability did the English poet Lord Byron suffer7
 s. In which state was Abraham Lincoln horn7
 6. How many feet are in c fathom?
 |. The late Pat Harrison was Q U. s. senator from Mississippi, Nils. souri or Texas7
 6. Who said: T only regret that have but one life to loso for my country"7
 Q. Which silent screen star was known as Americas sweetheart"e
 10. Name the first white child born to English settlers on the American continent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27

8 minute to see W hat else is happening in the world, and there stands pr. R. E. Murphy of the Depart ment of Agris culture, whose life, for the !m- mediate pas [, present and fu- ture at least, is being dedicated to the sweet poe tato.
 If you are in- Aliped tn nrAff
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e. Could the United States Con- gress pass a law lowering the voting age below 2l years?
 A. The fraYners of the Constitu. ton specifically left the matter of fixing the qualifications of electors to the several States. Article !, Secs ton 1, of the Consultation declares that Representatives in Congrss shall be chosen every wo years by the people and, that "the cleo" tors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for eiectio1 of the most numerous branch oi the state legislature" When the Sevs enteenth Amendment was adopted by CongrsS in 1912, providing for the direct election Of Senators, the same language was used with re~ spect to the qualifications Of elecs tors.
 e. When was the battle between the Graf Spec and several Britwh ships off Montevideo harborr
 A. The Graf Spec was attacked by the Exeter, Ajax and Achilles, December l3. 1899.
 
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TODAY'S COMMON ERRoH Would is used in the flrst per' son to denote determination, intention or inclination, as sL would not ObeyI nobody could make me"
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Questions
 and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The waterbury Democratic Ser. vice Bureau win answer S0g yo9 free. any question oe fact eR he formation, not involving exeeMs glve research. Write your aw9ws tlon clearly, nagm name ana a@- Aress, enclose . three cent postage Wtamp. Medical or legal @dvaee cannot Dc given. Addresg Wesoe. bury DenaoCraVs WaShlngtom bee- vice Bureau, I01S Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. Q.
 e. when was "Oolumhia. the Gem of the Ocean composed and who was the composer?
 A. It is by an actor named Thomas A. Beclset, and vas written in ie43 for c theatrical benefik % the request of David q. Shay. % whom the words have been anoor" rectly attributed.
 a. How did Great Britain acquire iurisdiction over palestine3
 A, By c mandate, confirmed py the CoIncil of the League oS Ne. tions, July 24, 1922, which came ofs ficiaiiy into force on September 2e, 1923.
 a. How long after decapltation will a tortoise be able to walk2
 A, The nervous system in all rep. tiles Is slow to die, and 1t Is said that a headlees tortoise has been observed to walk 200 yards 24 hours after cc- capitation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
A Thought for Today

frye abide in my word ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.-John S:31-32.
 He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves hesides.-Cowper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
Washington Merry Go-Round ''
British uffed Chance se Hitler by Failure to nvode Europe Russians Now Face Defeat But British Help Is Still But Tickle Crisis Shows Needs Bigger Voice in War Policy Observers Soy
MH O@vSA M'
DREW PEAR s o N
 ROBERT S. ALLEN

wait for historians record
  Russians stnnthno excAntch
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-27
70 EDISON IN
 WASHIElG GTON
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

washington, Sept. 2T-- The war; the tax bill, the movie inquiry and
 all such ludicrous unpleasant things seeming to be going along accord- ing to plan, you turn your head for
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-25

H~.DrTut1tCd.
Hints From Moscow.
Perhaps its only Wl>'tuI think
ms. but ITS Il fac, that hnrs ha2e
been coming from Mo-cnN. lately 'ha'
are dcmucgunru,ly taNurabIy Iutel-
efcted.
The Soviet folk manllcs'lv are
highly ~apprcClatJNr Of thoU alliance
With BRITAIN and OF Our readiness to
send 'cm all possible supplies from
the United States ON credit, II nee
c~>arv. and its made clear We don /
care much Whether on no; w ever
collect.
I've referred already 10 the flood
of CIV releases that Russian Am
Das~udor bUWan~kN has been put
ting out from his Washington head
quarters ever since the nalJN launch
cd then attack ON IN, home country
and 1t became apparent to HIM that
our sympathies generally we're on
his side of the campaign. Before that
he HADN'T peepcd Tor publicity NON
l4ud every correspondent IN the
capIt1D get mImcographed page and
!agc- from HIM daily, bidding Tor
American support.
And there's scarcely a page that
dpc>n emphasize Russia as a demo
tracv.
y quotation from the Moscoy.
new -paper, llle~tla, Was Illustrative.
L directly followed conclusion ol
the RuSSo-Brit.sh pact.
This agreement, said GzVostla. As
quoted. puts both great countries IN
the same camp of democratic nations
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-25

Bristles for camelS' heir brushes
come from the ears Of oxen, not
from camels.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-25

FOR FRESH FRUITS AND Eul-
tables. see CoWard's Cash Grocer!
215 William street. io"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-25

WE HAVE CLEANED ALMOST "A
thousand rugs in Henderson since
last April. We guarantee satlslac'
ton. Ask one of our customer
Huffman Cleaners, Homer ~,
Phone 81. W.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-08-25
Hints From Moscow.

have IN the meantime, become de
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
.Nnten Z
Rctn(u1erM

BE filled with the Spirit; speak
Ing ono to another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, sing
ing and making melody in your
heart to the Lord: giving thanks
always fer all things unto God.
even the Father. - Ephesians
5:lS-20.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
To Washington

Miss Ruby Smith of Kittrcll lett
today for Washington to attend the
Cherry Blossom Festival and spend
the weekend W.,E t'lcnu-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
Visiting Sister

Mr. and Mrs, b. w. Melbourne, of
Baltimore, Md, are visiting Mr..
WcIbournc's sister, Mrs. r. NJ. HaW-
kIns, at Pine view Danny taru.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
Returns Home.

Frank Page, who has been out Of
town for the past week. returned to
his home here yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-04-04
Mrs. Page Ill

NJ. Frank Page H. critically i'll
at her home on College street, It was
learned today.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Monuments Meaning

A en-month-old baby was the
fourteen millionth visitor to the top
of the Washington Monument. He
was taken to the apex of the obelisk
by his parents and two sisters
Friday. The occasion may not have
meant much to an infant mind, but
it has a certain significance to a
more numerous adult public.
Suppose nobody cared enough
about the Father of His Country to
wish to pay homage to his memory?
It would follow that the institutions
which he helped to create would be
neglected Within few years, per-
haps after only few months, the
Declaration of Independence, in
which it is set forth that all men are
created equal and with providential
endowment of life, liberty and the
right to pursue happiness, would
cease to be worth even a casual
reading. Similarly, the Constitution,
designed to accomplish "a more per-
feet union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the
Evening star., 1941-07-27

must it not be regarded as logical and
Just? Man is very largely the architect
of his own fortunes. He makes his own
choices, selects his own associates, fixes
his own habits and ways of life and earns
his own rewards. True, there are many
factors that determine his decision, but
so far as the choice of the objective Is
concerned, he fixes this for himself. 1t
is not question of advantage or dis
advantage, of fortunate or unfortunate
circumstances as Jesus Christ interprets
in the choice made.
Any study of men and peoples con-
firms this. One group has a philosophy
of life that regards this world as the
end and aim of all. There is in it little
reckoning with the things of character,
the cultivation of virtue or reverent
regard for the kind of life that the Mas
ter of men described in His great
teachings.
Over against this is a way of life that
makes the fine things of character. the
prosecution of orderly and wholesome
living. the subordination of selfishness
and selfish pursuits for the good of
others the chosen course and habit of
life, with the fixed conviction that there
are compensations that come now and
at the end of the way that are rich and
So sstisfying. Sometime, somewhere, TO
every man comes the hour when decision
| is determined. 1t is the great divide
where the choice is made.
Today, as always. these decisions are
being made; possibly this is an hour
that is fraught with great possibilities.
The world is at new and momentous
divide, and the choice it makes will de-
termine its happiness or misery for years
TO come and ultimately the destiny Of
it's peoples. 1t will choose the way of
life that makes for security and peace
| and happiness. or it will choose the way
that must issue in ever-increasing de-
spair, disillusionment and illustration
We believe that America in its best mo-
| ments long since made its choice We
have faults and there are serious dis
crepancies that must be reckoned with.
but the course we have chosen We believe
is the right and only one for the kind
of life We choose TO live. Between US
and those who differ from US there is
a great gulf fixed We did not make it,
We would heal it if We could. but it is
the great divide, and our choice as to
what We want to be is made. God keep
us true to our decision.
Evening star., 1941-07-27

BY late fall and winter 1t will be in large
volume. BY next spring that transla-
ton will really be important.
AS matters now stand, most progress
is being made in production of naval
vessels and aircraft. output of military
airplanes is aided by the fact that Great
Britain placed large orders far earlier
than this Government did and produc-
ton in volume now is under way on
those orders. Work on American orders
will dovetail in to bring an output that
soon can match Germanys.
Slowest progress is in production Of
ordnance for the Army. In part this
slowness traces to inadequate planning
and in part to the fact that first priori-
ties are being given to the Navy and to
production of goods for use by the
British.
The result is that slowly, but very
steadily, the economy of this country is
being adjusted over to war basis. That
shift carries with it problems of the
greatest difficulty Those problems are
not yet being dealt with in way that
suggests that they are going to be solved
without some very bad dislocations and
without a great deal of trouble that will
begin to develop in the months just
ahead.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
Capital SideIights
By Will P. Kennedy.

Warning is given by Senator Overton
OF Louisiana to magazine writer's and
others that they should beware lest they
unwittingly give assistance to fifth
columnist" objectives. He referred spe-
cifcally TO statement by Yale Uni
versity professor. DR.. C. E. A. Winslow.
which has alarmed mothers in Wiscon-
sin, Iowa, Michigan, North and South
Dakota and Minnesota. who have sons
in training in Louisiana. The professor
is quoted as saying that American SOL
diers are encamped in Louisiana ma
larial swamps and adjacent areas where
you will find venereal disease, dysentery,
hookworm and even leprosy." The Sem
ator quotes in refutation another Yale
professor, H H. Chapman, that only one
illness has been recorded over "a years
among Yale forestry students annually
encamped for three months in what Is
now the Central Louisiana Army train
ing area. He also quotes contradicting
statistics and records of the United
States Public Health Service, the Lousi-
ana State Board of Health, the War De-
partment and the Medical and En-
gineering Departments of the Army. He
emphasizes that the 'malarial SWampS"
cantonment cited has been held up to
the world in a 10O0-word eulogy by the
War Department as the model for all
training camps-including sanitation
and public health
The word lobbyist is much booted
about in Congress. Representative
Wright Patman of Texas. who recently
compiled handbook of ready reference
about our Government in catechism
form. now supplies definition of lobby
ist: The word lobbyist does not appear
in the Constitution of the United States.
Neither does it appear in the U. S.
Statutes, but a lobbyist is very i'm
portant person around any legislative
body. There are good lobbyists who are
helpful to the lawmakers by suggesting
the good things and the bad things
about every proposal, and then there
is the bad lobbyist, the offensive type,
who is willing to resort to any method
of cheating. trickery or undue influence
in order to try to force lawmaker to
vote the way he wants him to vote
4
What changes few years make! Only
few of the veterans around the Capitol
during the past week recognizes the
authenticated woman who occupied a
chair on the floor of the House. She
is Mrs. Mae Ella Nolan, widow of the
much-loved John Ignatius Nolan of
California, who succeeded him in Con-
gress for two terms and voluntarily re-
tired l6 years ago.
Evening star., 1941-07-27

common defense, promote the gen.
eral welfare and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity," would be dead letter, lack
ing in even that curious merit which
attaches to the relics of civilizations
which have been permitted to perish.
There have been times when no
body seemed to care for the doctrine
of life which Washington personified.
AS recently as only a decade or two
ago distinguished American manu-
facturer was reported to have re-
marked that history is bunk" and
considerable company of college STU
dents took an oath refusing to bear
arms for the Flag which sheltered
them.
Now, however a change of Senti-
ment has occurred. In answer to the
challenge of laWless powers in Gen.
trail Europe and in the Orient, a new
spirit has developed among Amer
leans of all classes and conditions.
People who boasted that they were
exempt from the emotions of patriot
ism have thrown aside their pre-
tended immunity. The privileges
and the duties of democracy have
been accepted with a revivifed
enthusiasm. As Calvin Coolidge
looked out of the White House
window to observe that the Wash
ington Monument still stood against
the unsullied sky, so the generality
of the citizens of the United States
gaze upon the symbol of the fame
and the beautiful character Of their
first hero, gratefully thank God for
his example and are unafraid.
Evening star., 1941-07-27
THE GREAT DIVIDE
By the Right Reu. James E. Freeman, D. d. ILL., d. C.
Bishop of Washington.

Crossing the lofty Western mountains
at point marked as the Water Shed"
we discover that here the stream that
of it moving toward the East, the other
moving toward the West. Mountain
topssnows form these streams, but they
do not control or determine the flow of
their currents.
Like the mountains great divide, we
find that the lives of men move in a
determined direction, only man largely
fixes for himself the course his life will
take. We call this free will" but apart
from the exercise of free will, many
forces conspire to give direction to lifes
trends and objectives. Sometimes it is
difficult to discover how and by what
directing motives given course was
taken or the factors that at the time
of decision impelled the stream in the
way it took.
In one of His great parallels Jesus
describes two lives, lives wholly differ
ent in their environing circumstance
and conditions. The one given to life
the other to hardships. pain and priva-
ton. Dives, the rich; Lazarus, the poor
AS He brings His parable to a close, He
describes the ultimate conditions and
rewards of both. Dives, with his own
will determines, and logically, his final
attainment. 1t is state of disSatisfac-
ton and disillusionment. Too late he
asks for the things he willfully in his
lifetime had despised as unworthy of con-
Slderation Lazarus. with nothing of
joy or privilege, with much of pain and
suffering, comes at length to the high
attainment of all that had been denied
him on earth-peace and JOY and salts
faction. In his state of unrest and un-
happiness, Dives pleads for the rewards
he had failed to secure to himself and
asks that some comfort be given him
and that his brethren on earth be
warned of the folly of his course. The
answer, strong and decisive, is given
him, and he is reminded of the futility
OF his petition in these solemn words:
Between us and you there is a great
gulf fixed, so that they which would pass
from hence TO you cannot, neither can
they pass to us, that would come from
thence"
The irrevocability of the decisions
made in life cannot be altered The
great divide and the choice made deter
mine the ultimate judgment 1t may
seem like a stern and severe law, but
Evening star., 1941-07-27

of South American activities. This
pair was indicted with the agency,
but was released by this Government
recently and sent back to Germany
in a trade whereby the Nazis will re-.
lease two American newspapermen
held by the Gestapo. Presumably
Transocean News Service could re-
sumo business by registering prop
erly with the State Department, but
the likelihood of this seems extremely
remote, for its success as a propa-
ganda dispenser depended largely
on its ability to deceive its clients as
TO its undercover detectives.