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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

One move was last May when it became conclusively apparent that the Vichy government was the tool of Hitler and when many U. s. strategists favored the talk ing of Martinique and the Azores, and perhaps even a landing force at Dakar in French West Africa.
 But the Churchill government protested that this would take U. s. ships away from transport ing supplies to the Battle of Bri- tain; woulud focus American at- ention upon another part Of the world. So Roosevelt kept out of the South Atlantic.
 The second move was about two weeks ago when MT. Chur- chill telephOned the President to advise against any show down with the Japanese in the Pacific. His advice came shortly after the new prO-Nazi cabinet took office in Tokyo. Churchill urged that the battle in Eu- rope was the main show and the United States shold not get ab- sOrbed with side-shOws.
 Regarding this Churchill advice, there continues to be a wide rift inside the Roosevelt administra- tion. And incidentally, there is not complete unity on this point inside the British government. Australian sentiment leans toward a cleaning up of the Pacific situ- ation, after which all parts of the British Empire, plus perhaps the United States, could concentrate on Europe.
 RIFT IN ROOSEVELT
 ADMINISTRATION
 Inside the Roosevelt administra- tion, the men who urge a go-slow policy toward Japan are Admiral Stark, chief of Naval Operations, and the State Department. on the other side are many of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

age matters, is leaving to take Q news job as assistant attorney general. Rowe's White House du- ties will be taken over by veteran secretary Marvin Mcintyre, who used to have charge of the Presi- dents callers Administra- tionites preparing speeches on foreign afafirs are prming them selves by reading "Ss Tomorrow FTitler's," brilliant new book pub lished by H. R. Knickerbocker, Pulitzer winning foreign cor- respondent.
 MAIL BAG
 Correction-Through a typogra- phical error, the October 25 Merry Go-Round regarding the contract between the Aluminium Corpora tion and Federal Loan Adminis- trator Jesse Jones stated that the governments profits were only IS per cent. The column should have stated that Alcoa's profits was only IS per cent. Our apologies to Jesse on this point !. N. M., Martins Ferry, OhiO-The de- stroyer Kearny was torpedoed be- tween Iceland and England. The destroyer Reuben James was sunk between the Q. s. A. and Iceland. Both were escorting merchant ships R. R. w.. Chicago With the exception of New Eng land, the most easterly newspaper in the United States in the Ocra- coke Island Beacon thirty miles off the North Carolina coast in the Cape Hatteras region. The island was once the home of fa- nous tor-ambassador and naval secretary, Joseph Daniels.
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Press Comment
BATTLING ON WATER RATES
(Meriden JournaD

(Meriden JournaD
 The New Haven Water company raised its rates by about $125,O00 a year in 1899 with the approval of the then existing State Public Util- ities commission. Consumers in New Haven, along with those in Branford, Cheshire, East Haven, Hamden, North Haven, West Haven, Bethany and Orange, protested. charging among other things that they were not given proper rate hearing. Comes a new commission on the scene, one predominated by ap- pointees of Governor Hurley, and it rescinds the former order and 1t also directs that an investigation of the rate structure of the company be heldw. Viewed from this distance, we would say that the company, which has a record for satisfactory service, fair treatment Of employees and stockholders. and prompt pay ment of heavy taxes. should welcome any additional ciarification of It's po- sition. If tine former board erred by approval n haste of rate increases, that would forever be a sore point with consumers aud . bait for po- hticos to use on voters.
 The water company spent millions to assure an adequate supply 10 the towns t serves, and can probably
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Selected Poem
HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING (Muriel Tanner in the Poets Column, Hartford
 ComanO I would go down to the dunes once more, The desolate dunes and the sea; Where the breakers roar on curving shore, And know eternity. Where the marsh grass nipples, would return. And the trees are dwarfed by the breeze; Where the seagulls wheel and the suns rays eurn' And find the verlties. Where the wild sweet pea keeps the dunes company, Alone near a white-tipped ocean And the clouds drive past to infinity, And my heart is purged of emotion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

One-half the city doesn't know what the other half looks like We'll wager that there are many people in Waterbury, as in any large community, that don't know very many neighborhoods save those in which they have lived. Transport them to a strange neighborhood and they usually marvel at the streets, the houses, and the general layout. More of us should know more of our city better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

e. Why is it cooler on top of . mountain than at the bottom? fsnh the sun closer to the top9
 A. The air on the earth holds the heat in, much as the glass of a hothouse holds the heat inside it. On Q mountain top the air is thinner than at the bottom, ana does not hold the heat in So well.
 e. I have noticed the line. @Dif- ected by Irving Pichel," in motion picture credits. Does he also ect under that nameP |- A. Yes; although he considerS acting only a minor part of his career and prefers directing. He re- fused a directorship in the Theater Guild in order to direct motion pie lures.
 o. How many species of snakes in the United States are poisonousf
 A. Of the no species in the United states, only the cottonmouth. copperhead. coral snake, and rat- tiers are poisonous.
 c. Please give the comparativ pay roll figures for the federal ex. ecutive civil service in l940 and le4i
 A. Tn July, i940. the total month- ly pay roll amounted to $l55, ,773 and in July. l94l, it amounted to $205 ,977, ,306.
 e. How many pairs of shoes were produced in the Unsied States in l940?
 A. Approximately S98, 8,O65 900 pairs of leather footwear were manufac- tured. This output was below 1889. when about 424,l36.0O0 pairs were produced.
 e. What is the maximum tax levied by the Federal Government on estates?
 A. Under the new revenue act the tentative tax on net estates Of more than $i0000,oo0 is $6.08S.2oC plus 77 per cent of the excess over $l0 100000.
 e. What is meant when 1t is sak of a person that he capitalizeS ol his reputation?
 A. The inference Is that he has a reputation for certain powers virtues or position which he exploit for personal profit.
 EDITORS NOTE: If you are deslrOus of securing this weeks booklet, PIES AND PASTRIES" address F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-Ie9, Waterbury Democrat Service Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth S., Wash ingtOn; D. C., with ten cents tO cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

1. Which of the following terms l. peculiar to fox hunting? strike stroke, tallyho. touchdown.
 2. Cream is heavier than milk; true or false?
 3. In which state is Bryn Maw College?
 4. The region directly opposite the United States on the earth is in China. the Indian Ocean, or Africa7
 5. What have the following in common: Jurassic, Carbonifer@as, Devonian, Cambrian?
 6. In which book in the Bible is the often-quoted expression: "Of the earth, earthy"2
 2. Whom did President Roosevelt appoint to the National Labor Re- lati0ns Board. succeeding Edwin 2 Smith?
 8. What group fosters SGoral Re- Armament?
 9. Who wrote "rhe Tanning of tfs Ehrew"?
 10. New York City has approxi- mately two million. four million og seven million telephones7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

used to be Wash gton's Swank Univer-
 sity Club build- ing, two blocks from the White House. AS Lewis entered the of flee, he grinned broadly and executed about a dozen quick steps that would have gotten by in any rug-cut- ting session. He felt then that that he had on the cAn-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Questions
 and Answers
xoHyR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 me WasuAury negnseeaAas Ser vlca nurean wf1 anZWsP Ger yeu sFee. any question a faca 0e tAs formation. net ineelVSag @xteAs sivo research. WrS1s Nae guess t1om clearly, slgn name end ed- slremv, enclose thEes cene moseage stamp. Medical e iegal a4vaoe oannee Do given. AdareSs NSaseR- hurv nemOcFak's vgashlnSaaM Ser vlce Bureau, 1OlS THareeUnsh street washington, D. C.
 @. Was william Jennings Bryan known as the Comm0ner or as the Great Commonere
 A. Bryan was known Co many of his admirers as The Coumoner, alluding Co his championship oG the rights Of the common people. He himself preferred that title Co ell others given to hiua during his mo- table career. The elder William Pitt Cl706-lTTG was known as The Great Commoner.
 e. How many races and peoples have occupied Sicilys
 A. The earliest were the SicaEt. ans from Iberia (Spainl. Then came the Stculi, of Aryan stock, driven out of Italy, for whom the island was named. They were followed in turn by the Greeks, CarthaginianS, Romans, ByzantineS, Vandals, Sara cenS, NormanS, French, Germans, Spaniards and Neapolltans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Current Comment

Now is the time for wage-earners to get out of debt. Mariner EccleE. Federal Rese: { Board chairman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:28 a. m.; sets 4:43 ?. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 November is living up to past reputation. 1t has to cate brought some exceptionally beau- tiful weather; 1t has also brought the kind of dark days for which 1t is famous. It has been chilly; it has been mild.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

begin a discus sion, and you can be sure that they will always take the opposite side. Many years ago I knew a man who insist ed on wearing 8 straw hat in midwinter and an oyercoat in midsummer. An- other man used
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington
 Corrnsnonaemt

washington, Nov. g. John L. Lewis, gruff, burly, 12s-pound head of the United Mine Workers, re- vealed to his staff the other day that he can stlll dance jlg. Af- ter his conference with the Presi- dent, Myron Taylor and Mediation Board Chairman William IT. Davis, Lewis returned to his office in what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Whereabouts is plural in form but takes a singular verb, aS 'sSlnce Jolan and Henry left their whereabouts ls un- known"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
THIS FIGHT FIOURTsHEs


 The battle of Business vs. the New Deal and vice versa is appar- ently to go on undiminished, as the following two cross currents may indicate:
 1. From 2 speech to west coast advisers by Carroll L. Wilson, direc- tor of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce: From 1880 to l940. business has too largely per- mitted government to create cus- toners for the products and .'er- vices of business. and complained to high heaven because of the methods government used to create customers. Yet ask you to think hard ard long and tell me Of any plans evolved from the business brains of the country during that 10 years which showed any prom ise of creating enough customers to consume the goods we could have produced"
 ?. From the current Fortune Magazine quarterly poll of man. agement: A majority of the busi- ness executives surveyed believe that. whenever possible, the admin istration is using the national emer- gency as a pretext for pushing still further the more radical social and economic aims of the New Deal; that many of the business men brought to Washington by the President are unsatisfactory be- cause the government cannot rec- ognize the ablest men, and is un- willing to call them into service be- cause of the New Deals hostility toward successful business and its fear of giving power to business men; that there is virtually no hope for a broad system of free enterprise after the war.
 Priorities Boss Donald M. Nelson gives this illustration as one reas- on for curtailing the use of cop- per: A builder wrote to protest the restriction on copper in small house construction. saying that it takes only IA pounds of copper to build small house. and that without l LtllS 4CoiASbkOii, VOViVVu oAAA1AA AtOASSS | might be built this year. Multiply ing, Nelson figured this came to 43.0O0 tons. Tn the month of Co., tober, the available supply of cop- per was l38,00O tons, while the de- mand for military supplies was 144.000 tons.
 ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
 It was at a staff meeting in the Office of Civilian Defense, Mayor LaGuardia's outfit. in which a lady named Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt IS employed part time. The project being discussed was registration of available spare rooms for defense emergency occupancy. Mrs. Roose- welt was presiding and she was in- sisting that the people assigned to make the registration must be com- petent citizens of sound judgment.
 The story was told of another similar survey, where one regis trant had turned in cards showing number of excellent rooms were available at a back street address. Investigation showed that the sur- vey was correct. All the physical comforts were provided for. The place was quite all right, except that it was a house of i'll repute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

tive coal mine strike.
 sa
 One point generally overlooked in all the excitement about this captive mine strike is the so-called ''Protectove Wage Clause" In the Appalachian agreement, It gave Lewis cards and spaces to start with in his casino game negotia- tions on behalf of the miners. Tn brief, this protective clause pro- vides that if the union should make contract more favorable to eith- CT side than the Appalachian agree nent, then the Appalachian agree- tnent should be modified.
 Tn other words, if Lewis should sign an open shop agreement with the captive mine operators, then negotiations would have to be re- opened for 8 new Appalachian agreement. Naturally, none of the operators would be particularly anxious to go into that again. Le wis, holding the upper hand on this account, even went so far as to notify all the coal fields that 1t might be necessary to take ac- ton to this end.
 Whatever your opinion on Lewis -and there are only two schools of thought on this subject-it must be recognized that he Is the shrewd- est bargainer in labor relations to- day. He brought up his miners not to work without contract, and they don't. In the captive mine case, he maneuvered the National Defense Mediation Board into a position of forcing it to make rec concentrations consistent with its previous union shop policy or ad- hitting its own futility.
 Here is one bureau chiefs eX- planation in justification of the governments publicity Setup: All government agencies get their ap- propriations from Congress. It's necessary for these agencies to im- press Congress with what great work they're doing. So they are forced to create a lot of publicity for the benefit of the Congress sional Appropriations Committees which grant them funds for con- tinued operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

shouting the 
 restraining foreign policy and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

prove the need of more revenue tA keep right-side up financially. Pub. licly owned systems charge plenty when what they would pay iii taxes if privately owned are added into the costs paid by water users.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
RIFT IN ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D
ON BEING CONTRARY

Some people love to be contrary. Make any statement in their pres ence, and they will contradict it;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Whats Your I.Q.?

Cam you answer seven of these test questions? Turn tO last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06
Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEAR s 0 N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Churchill Advises Roosevelt Against Showdown in the Pocc Europe Is Still the Mon Show He Says in Telephone CoI
 But Some U S. AdiroIs Favor Strong Policy Toward Japan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-06

e. What is meant when 1t is sak of a person that he capitalizeS ol his reputation?
 A. The inference Is that he has a reputation for certain powers virtues or position which he exploit for personal profit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
FLORISTS TAKE
 THREE OF FOUR
 BOWL GAMES
Roses and VioIets HaIve Score in Women's
 League Play

The Juneau Florists took the Brunswick keglers over the hurdles last night at the Brunswick alleys when they finished a four-game match with three of the wins chalked up for the flowermen Smithberg of the Brunswick was high man for the evening with a total of 564.
 Tn the Women's League the Roses end the violets split the score 2 to 2, Lyda bowling high ball with 470.
 Games scheduled for tonight are the Juneau Laundry vs. the Baran- of at p.m. and the North Trans fer vs. Golden Age Beer at pm.
 Juneau Florists Hahn .................. 199 I'll l59- 529 I.ajoie e.,............. l61 155 l47- 463 Carnegie. .......... l79 179 l79-- 537 Totals ,...,...,... 539 505 485-l539 ae Brunswick
 E. Galao, ........... l79 IA 170- 493 Rhodes .,-..,....,..... l61 136 l46- 443 Smithberg -.... 18l l94 l79-- 5G4 Totals ..........., 52l 474 495 1900 Roses
 Lyda Museth :. l38 l82 l50- 470 Dora Poole .... 88 13G l29- 353 Totals ..,........,... 226 318 279- 823
 ViOIets
 Orpha Haugen l46 l24 l42- 4l2 Frances Smith . l28 l2l l55- 404 Totals .............. 274 245 297- 8l6 Average score. Did not bowl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

PUBLIC GOA. CARD PARTY
 At Parish Hall Friday evening, 8 o'clock. Bridge, pinochle, and whist. Prizes and refreshments. 50 cents admission adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Government Hospital Al Mountain Village Will Be Abandoned

Announcement was made today that the Office of Indian Affairs Hospital at Mountain Village would be closed, probably by the last of June. According to Dr. Langdon White, the building has been con- demned as unsafe and the service feels it will be necessary to aban- don it because of the physical con- ditions of the structure.
 The Office of Indian Affairs Is asking for new hospital to take care of the natives in the area now served by the Mountain Vil- lage institution It is hoped that the Federal Government will be able to make the much needed ap- rrcpriation for the replacement of the hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

Athens, Greece. got it's name from the patron goddess. Athene.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
He Has
 Sweet Hobby

APPOTOMAx, Va, Jan. 30. - Nineteen-year -old Havilah Babcock, Jr., is nicknamed Bee" because he has followed beeline to more than 300 honey-filled trees in ten years.
 The Columbus, s. C., youth who spends his summers here first tried his luck at finding bee trees when he was nine. It was plenty sweet a hive in the second tree he exam ined.
 His favorite method of locating a tree is to wade down a stream, watch bees sucking water from wet sand, and follow them. Sometimes he puts honey on flowers and watches the line of bees. July is the best month to find the trees, he
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
PAYERS TOPS. AVERAGE LIST;
 TAPER GAME
Powers Is Second High in Basketball TabuIation
 10 End of Jan. 28

Kinky Bayers and Eddie Powers are numbers one and two today in the basketball league Figures show Kinky with an average of IA points per game, Powers following with 1250 average.
 Scoring highs are as follows with highest number of points at the top of the tabulation, which includes January 28, and the chart repre- sents the highest ten men in the League and includes members of the National Guard, DeMolays, Fire men, Eagles, High School and Hem ming teams:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
gineers battle the Capitol Theatre squad at 9:30 o'clock.
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS

Regular meeting tonight at 7:30 LOOP. Hall All members request ed to be present. Work in the 2nd degree.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30

believes. He has located as many as five in day, but one to three is average. He cuts the tree down and ships the honey to South Carolina for sale. The bees are placed in hives.
 Stings? Lots of them, but Bee has become immune to swelling.
 He can't follow the bees in win ter. so he pursues his hobby by studying 30o00 to 8O,000 bees he keeps in a glass hive.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
Petersburg And 5kagway
 To Play Ball
Fowler Gets Word in Ar ranging for Southeast
 Alaska B. B. Meet

Word received here today by Jack Fowler gives definite assur- ance that Petersburg and Skag- way will be represented in the Southeast Alaska Basketball Tour nament in Juneau and that plans arc being made in Ketchikan to also accept the forthcoming Tour name mt invitation.
 Both Hacks Hornets" of Pet ersburg and the Skagway squad have accepted tentative challenge and are waiting for tournament p,ans and dates before giving a definite answer said Fowler.
 S,zagway has not yet made trans portation arrangements with the town.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
l N I HE
 H 0 U ; E

INTRODUCED-H. J. M. ?, by Davis and Harvey Smith, supporting Dimond bill CHR 94 to forbid ap- pointment as Governor of Alaska any person not resident.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-30
ELKS CONTINUE
 BOWLING TONIGHT

Bowling resumes on the Elks AL !es tonight as the Home Grocery mo cts the Snow White keglers at o'clock, the Alaska Laundry the Dt dge Dealers at 8.15 and the En-
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-23

purchased as a speculation upon
the outcome Of the war, and the
economic position Of the various
countries when peace comes.
All in all, those institutions and
investors who by tradition, or legal
necessity, or personal circum-
stance must place their funds in
credit obligations face a rather I'm
enviable task in making selections
in the bond market of today. To
obtain anything like what used to
be a reasonable income return,
credit risks have to be assumed in
marginal industries and companies,
otherwise they must compete with
each other at very low yields and
high prices for the issues of exist
ing strong companies and of the
U. S. Government. Even in such
classifications, 2 percent yields do
not seem to adequately compen-
safe for the risks of loaning money
on a long-term basis-money which
will not be paid back for ten or
twenty years. !