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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
PRUCHNISKI ASKS
 POLICE POSITION
Application for Appoint. inent to Force Accepted
 and Placed on File

Naugatuck, April 3 - The street department was ordered to make necessary Improvements near the property of Herman Liebrich of Aetna street at the meeting of the borough board Tuesday. There is a bad water condition there, MT. Liebrich said. Acting Borough En- gineer Charles Hitchcock reported progress on the Orchard street sewer with Mrs. Hughes being willing to let the sewer go through her prop erty. MT. Hitchcock said.
 The application of Theophile A. Prlchniski to be made member of the police department was ac. cepted and placed on file. The junk dealers license of Harry Adkins was accepted, subject to approval of the chief of police.
 The borough accepted the Hillside and agreed to maintain 1t, and also accepted the balance of the funds in this association, $354.76. The as- sociation is said to be defunct.
 A notice of intentions to claim damages for 6 fall was received from Attorney Thomas Weary, rep resenting Mrs. Mary Dziengielewski, of 42 Goodyear avenue, who fell February 2, l94l on Trowbridgc Place and Nettleton avenue because of a structural defect due to the borough's negligence, Attorney Neary's letter said. This was re- ferred to the borough attorney.
 The warden or acting warden was authorized to enter into an agree inent in behalf of the town with the highway commissioner in regard to funds not to exceed $6000 to be available to the borough for the fiscal year starting July l, 1t being understood that further action with respect to the town aid fund will be allocated if necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
PRExY TO TRY POETS ROLE

New York (UP)-Although ad- mitting that his dramatic talent Is singularly undeveloped." never thelesS, Dr. George N. Shuster president of Hunter College, will try his skill at acting the role of a sentimental poet trying to woo fair lady by reciting his poetry at every opportunity. His appearance in a green frock coat, will be in the production of the Hunter Col lege Alumnae Players.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
FARREN MAY SPEAK
 AT CAUCUS FRIDAY

Naugatuck, April 3.-James Far ren, candidate for the Democratic nomination for warden, today an. nounced he will ask permission at the Democratic caucus in the first ward Friday night to address the caucus before voting starts.
 He said he Intends to do this ir order to answer any last-minute charges which may be made in Fri days papers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
RADIO HAM" HELPS TRAINEEs

Buona Vista, o. (UP)--Hadio amateur W. w. King has sent snore than 100 messages from families and friends of draftees in service to army camps at Hatties- burg. Miss. and Columbus, o. As . member of the Army Amateur Radio system, King can relay messages to any army camp in the CclinAfy and even as far as the Hawaiian Islands from his station W8JKQ in his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
ccc BOYS LEARN TO COOK

Duncan, Okla, (UP)-Youths in the co Ccamp at Duncan probably will be in demand as husbands when the eco finishes training them. Or maybe it will be the army mess de- pertinent that wants them. The enrollees are learning how to cook in an All.male class. The teacher was Q commissary sergeant in the regular army before his retirement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
AMBULANCE FUND
 MAY BE CHARTED
Thermometer" on Green to Show Growth of
 Campaign Daily

Naugatuck, April 3--The progress of the campaign here for funds to buy 6 new ambulance will be chart- ed so that all residents of the borough may see 1t, by means of e wooden thermometer" which will be placed on the Green, and each day will show the growth of the fund.
 This was decided at a meeting of the active committee in charge last night in the office of Police Chief John Gormley, who heads the general committee. Chief Gormley reported that early contributions to the fund total more than $20O and donations are being received stead fly.
 Many contributions SO far have been for $l each and number of others are for S or more. It is expected the thermometer will be erected next week.
 The committee felt that the en- thusiasm of the general public for the fund is reflected in the early report. Letters were sent out only two days ago to many residents here, and 1t was announced that all who did not get such letters and who wish to contribute may do so with their donations being well comed.
 Societies here have indicated willingness to assist in the cam paign, 1t was said. Lists of donators will be arranged by Paul E. Buck miller and announced soon.
 John J. Daly, who was chairman and treasurer of the committee which bought the ambulance five years ago. told of the work of this committee. A considerable sum had been raised when the Chamber of Commerce lent support to the cam paign and after this the fund re- quired was quickly raised. The present committee will meet again Tuesday at 800 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
WATER RATE NOW \
 TOO HICH-O'TOOLE
Democratic Burgess Can didate Will Seek Reduc.
 ton If Chosen

Naugatuck, April 3. - Andrew O"Toole, candidate for the Demo. cratic nomination for burgess from the second ward, has been ap. preached in regard to his attitude on the present water meter rata here, 1t was learned today.
 MT. O.Toole said if elected he will bend every effort to have the pres- ent water meter rates reduced ''as ! feel they are excessive"
 Installation of water meters here started this year and Q minimum rate of S2.70 per quarter for 46O0 gallons or less for the average house was instituted. A number of resi- dents are using water ct c ratc' much above the present 4000 gallon figure. After the 460O gallons are used in e quarter, there is . charge of .03 per hundred gallons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

This will probably mean that there will be Q two-candidate race for the burgess nomination in the third ward, with Burgess George Fellows opposing Gus" Klimas- Sewski, local selectman.
 However, 1t is probable there will be three states of delegates, for 3d. ward Baummer, ST., candidate for the Democratic nomination for war; den, has indicated he will put slate of delegates in that ward caucus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
BOYS PLAY WITH BOMB

London, (UP)-Unaware that they had an unexploded bomb as a play. thing, three London schoolboys were rolling 1t abmout the sidewalk when discovered by an air raid warden, who called bomb disposal squad to remove 1t. The boys found the bomb while searching for wood on a bombed site. We thought 1t was just 6 piece of shrapnel," they said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
GOLFER SCORES. EATS BIRDIE

De Queen. Ark. (UP)-A. L. "The Skipper" Kimball teed up his Kro- Elite on tn first hole of the De Queen Country club golf course the other day and right of the bat scord a ''birdie." He late ate the birdie-it was c guinea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
Sheridan WithdraWS From Race
Close Burgess Race
 Causes Speculation
Contests in All Wards Not Likely to Prove Walk-
 Away for Any Candidate; Convention Saturday

nominee for warden. However, the nominations for various ofices will not take place until the party cofi- vention Saturday night. This will be in the courtroom, and the seven delegates and two alternates of each ward, who are to be selected at the caucuses. will pick the ticket for the coming election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Cats are in the forefront of Eng lands war on rats. and according to Q Manchester firm that pays si2 a week to feed its 60 cats. the smaller and leaner the cat the bet- ter ratter it makes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
Borough Briefs

Naugatuck, April 3 - The fifth round of card tournament being sponsored by the Millville Library Association will be held tomorrow night at 8:15 at the library. The public is invited.
 Pinochle, bridge and setback will be played and refreshments served. Mrs. Alice Weber heads the com- mittee and assisting her are: MT. and Mrs Charles Jones, MT. an9 Mrs. Paul Passeck, MT. and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs. Edward ReinaueN Henry Newman and AL bert Mai.
 The library will be open tomorrow afternoon from 3:30 to { for those who wish to take books.
 Motion pictures ,on "The Explan- etiOn of Social Security Today and Tomorrow" will be exhibited after Q meeting of Svea Lodge tonight at 6 o'clock in Pythian hall. The public Is invited and a question period will follow the pictures.
 Edward Baummer, ST., candidate for the Democratic nomination for warden, has announced he will speak over radio station VERY at $50 tonight, and will discuss his campaign. He plans to enter a slate of delegates in the third ward cau- GUS.
 A meeting of the Children of Mary Sodality of St. Mary's church, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed until after the 9:30 a. m. Mass Sunday, Miss Helen Orban, president, has announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Mexico has ordered soldiers who escort trains of distinguished g,iests not to ride on the car roofs, but to conduct themselves in c dignified manner,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Naugatuck, April B. - James Sheridan of North Main Street today announced he is not candidate for the Democratic nomination for burgess from the third ward Mr. Sheridan said he had formally announced his candidacy, but friends had asked him to However, he sad pressure of other business would not permit him to carry the duties of burgess and for this has decided not to be candidate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

Soldiers in Africa are staging fights between scorpions and eenti- pedes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03
Two Democratic Candidates Now
 Left In Battle
Pressure of Other Business Reason for North Main St. Resident Withdrawing From Burgess Scramble
 Although He Never Formally Announced Candidacy

Correspondent. wn l. sa..sr-Phon. Nsurssucl ssas
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Defense Goat Defended
Auto Industry curtoiment Viewed os Abb
For Governments OrgonizotonoI Inefficieney

revenue. In 1910 the Government
collected 1928 100000 in taxes on
gasoline and lubricating oil and the
States in 1889 (the last year for
which complete figures are available)
collected $8l6,000 900 from this same
source. In addition the States de-
rived $412, 100000 in 1889 from auto
mobile license taxes. Any appre-
ciable diminution of automobile tax
revenue would quickly throw all
State budgets out of joint.
Cars No Longer Luxury.
The biggest fallacy of all, perhaps,
is the idea, still harbored by the
politicians, that the automobile is
essentially luxury. Recent traffic
surveys have completely exploded
this theory. They show that, ex-
cepting cities with more than 500,-
600 population, 10 per cent or more
OF city transportation now is pro-
vided by private passenger auto
mobiles. For Saginaw, Mich, the
figure is 1873 per cent; Glendale,
Calf, 867; Lincoln, Nebr., Ke-
nosha, Wis., and youngstown,
Ohio, 81; Houston, Texas, 78.
Even in larger cities, private
automobiles are the main factor
in transportation. In Los Angeles
56 per cent ride to work in them,
as against A per cent on buses and
Streetcars. In Detroit the division
is 49.2 per cent by private automo-
bile, 99 per cent by buses, IT. per
cent by trucks and 1872 by other
means of transportation.
The demand for transportation
for new or expanded defense indus
tries has fallen almost exclusively
on the privately owned automobile.
Appearing before a House commit
tee recently Charles F. Palmer, de-
fense housing co-ordinator, cited as
an example the Glenn Martin air.
PlollG az WllClC
$4,000 men will be employed by
next January. only one main
route comes into Baltimore" he
said. THE men are now coming in
on an average of 38 per automobile
and even so it takes well over an
hour, two hours at times, to clear
the shifts off that particular road
No automobile manufacturer has
complained against a reasonable
curtailment in production. To the
contrary they welcome it because
they believe it will work out the
present supply Of used cars and
build up demand that will cushion
the economic shock when the wars
end. But they do believe the cur
tailment should be gradually applied
and that the automobile should not
be singled out as the one biggest
defense goat.
Evening star., 1941-06-16

be intensified, and United States
ships will receive orders to shoot
at sight any submarine that pokes
It's periscope in the patrolled wa
ters and to attack any raider dis
covered prowling in the Atlantic,
whether in the hemisphere de-
fense belt or not.
These steps would bring us in
direct conflict with the Axis pow
ers. The practical question, how
ever, is whether the Atlantic fleet
has sufficient patrol vessels to
cover all the sea lanes travelled
by American merchantmen: that
is to say, whether there are
enough destroyers and cruisers
available to cover a distance ex-
tending from Greenland to Cape
Horn. The Axis raiders operate
from the coasts Of Sweden and
from unknown" bases somewhere
on or near the coast of West
Africa. Their movements are
surrounded by utmost secrecy
and it will take a good many
ships-many more than we have
IN service at present-to track
down all the raiders-surface and
undersea boats-which are out
attempting to sink ships going to
Britain or the British possessions.
Some Want Pacific Units Moved.
A number of high officials
would like to see part of the
Pacific fleet detailed for duty in
the Atlantic. Such move would
be possible only If we had assur-
ances that Japan would remain
quiet. There is every indication
Japan is awaiting removal of
some detachments of OUR Pacific
fleet to begin operations in the
south.
Even if we consider the dec
larations of Foreign Minister
Matsuoka via Rome - that
Japan will stand by all her
agreements with the Axis as
a campaign Of intimidation
prompted by Berlin, there IS no
doubt that if We offered the Jap
anese an opportunity to expand
with impunity toward the Dutch
East Indies, they would jump at
it. Such an opportunity will be
offered the day the Japanese
learn positively that detach-
ments of our Pacific feet have
passed through the Canal Zone.
1t is true the Atlantic fleet has
Evening star., 1941-06-16


When the act was passed there
was no war and most members
of Congress were living in the
comfortable illusion that none
was being planned.
The act came as godsend to
Hitler, who was able to quote it
as proof that, given a war, the
United States would be disinter-
eSted.
Hitler never thought the United
States would be disinterested. He
is much too keen a student of
naval power. world commerce
and geo-politics to have enter
tanned so short a view of things.
Hitler is not an isolationiSt.
But he did think the Neutrality
Act would give him a powerful
advantage at the outset, and that
1t would delay and confuse all
action for many months.
He Was Right.
This Is precisely what it did.
1t took no superior wit on Hitlers
part to foresee the results. Every
American who had devoted any
real thought and study to our
world defense and commercial
position protested against the
act, and many predicted that, far
from guaranteeing our neutrality,
it would eventually get us into
the position where we would have
to fight or be numerically
pushed around.
The United States is not a
nation of people which in the
long run allows itself to be
pushed around, and Hitler knew
that, too. But the Neutrality Act
gave him the primary advantage.
BY that act the United States,
in advance of any war, relin-
quished its historic policy of the
maintenance of the freedom of
the seas, and abandoned primary
neutral rights in respect of the
freedom of the seas.
1t lost its leadership of neutral
nations, it tied its own hands.
and it removed nine-tenths of
its bargaining power in attempt
ing to prevent the war
That act has confused public
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Garages to Get
Anti-Noise Plea
On Motorcycles

Police Superintendent Ernest w.
Brown is ordering a check of all
local garages to obtain better CO.
operation in his current war" on
noise, he told The Star today.
Citizens have complained to him
about needless uproar caused by
garage motorcycles on repair trips
and in picking up and delivering
patrons cars. it was stated.
Maj. Brown indicated he saw no
reason why garage employees could
rot keep their vehicles in quiet
working order and use them prop
erly. He said he was asking In
spector Arthur E. Miller, chief of
the Traffic Bureau, to request their
cooperation.
The garage "chasers" are at times
also guilty of operating their clients
automobiles in a noisy way, the po-
lice superintendent said, and he is
asking that this be stopped. Horns
are over-used and motors are need
lessly raced, he declared. Racing
the motor wastes fuel, he pointed
out, and this also violates national
defense policy.
Evening star., 1941-06-16
This Changing World
Axis Believed Marking Time to Await U. 5.
Action on Sinking Of the Robin Moor

been strengthened recently by
addition of new units. but this
reinforcement Is not sufficient
yet. The task of the Atlantic
patrol will be facilitated when
all the merchantmen comman-
deered by the Navy are trans
formed into aircraft carriers.
The problem of the Navy is
made more complicated by the
heavy losses of the British in the
Mediterranean. BY losses it is
meant not only actual sinkingS
but vessels put out of commits
sion by serious damage. How
many British ships have heen
rendered temporarily useless is
not being revealed. But it is
assumed that the British Med
iterranean fleet has been heavily
pummelled in the last six weeks.
Even now, in the Syrian cam
paign, it appears the British are
suffering heavier naval losses
than it was anticipated at first.
Repair Facilities Taxed.
The French had only few
warships at Beirut and 1t was
believed they would be harmless.
In the last few days, submarines
from Toulon and Bizerte have
reached the Eastern Mediterra-
mean. Their number has not
been definitely established but it
is generally believed that at least
20 such ships have reached the
Eastern Mediterranean and are
Evening star., 1941-06-16
On the Record
Neutrality Act, SoIes Talk for Inoetion,
Confused and Delayed Inevitable Decision

opinion for the last four years.
BY its passage the people were
persuaded to believe that mega
tive position would insure safety
from war.
This attitude has been charac-
teristic of all our thinking for
the last 25 years and it is a mark
of sheer degeneration.
1t helped bring about the war
and if persisted in will bring
about our ruin.
Freedom is not saved by power
lessneSs. Freedom is inseparably
linked with power and the will
and capacity to use it.
Democracy is not saved by
weakness and incompetence;
democracy is saved by a pow
erful popular will.
The moment the oceans of the
world become involved in war,
that moment the United States,
the greatest oceanic power in the
world, becomes involved.
Recognized Through History.
That has been recognized as
true since the foundation of this
Nation, from the time of George
Washington and his chief ad-
wiser, Alexander Hamilton, to
that of Franklin Delano Roose-
welt.
As an immensely powerful neu-
tral, willing to risk war but de-
termined to bargain with gum
bristling Navy at our side, we
might have prevented the war
or we might have dictated the
sea-War rules.
Instead we told the world, You
can count on us to do nothing"
So here we are today being
pushed around.
Here we are today having to
decide whether to let ourselves
be pushed right off the seas and
back to our shores, with the At
lantic turned into moat, or
whether we shall go out to clear
up the Atlantic, driving sub
marines out of its waters and
bombers of ships out of its skies.
Decision Inevitable.
And of course we shall decide
to do the latter.
There is not the slightest ques-
ton that we shall decide to do
the latter. There never has been
any uuestion-not from the very
beginning.
A Nation of 130,000,000 people
does not give up supinely what
five generations of its ancestors
have maintained-a free Atlantic
and a free Pacific. Free. that is
to say, for us and for our friends,
and exceedingly dangerous for
our enemies.
We certainly have not main
tanned one of the worlds most
powerful navies as a coast guard,
nor have we maintained Annap-
oils as a fashionable school with
pretty sailor suits.
(ReleaSed BY the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-06-16
Soviet and Nuzi Labor
Status to Be Studied
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 16.-The Rock
efeller Foundation has granted S40,-
900 to finance two-year research
program into labor's status, working
conditions and social and economic
controls in Nazi Germany and So
Wet Russia.
DR.. Alvin Johnson, dean of the
graduate faculty of political and
social science of the New School for
Social Research, said the study
would be supervised by five members
of the faculty, aided by eight re-
search scholars having contacts with
Germany and Russia and their
peoples.
He said the object was to obtain
"a fair working knowledge of what
the new order really means in
actual human terms"
Evening star., 1941-06-16

tent of governmental regulation of
programs and of political censor
ship. The law itself in so many
words forbids censorship of pro-
grams, but the Senators insist now
the law should be clarified so as
to invest some governmental agency
with the daily duty of editing pro-
grams and telling stations how to
balance station time on controver-
sial issues, something that can mean
only a disruption of the present
system of citizen control and estab-
HShment of a method of govern
mental interference amounting to
intimidation.
If a station knows that renewal
of its license by the Government
is dependent on whether it salts
fes certain Senators or Representa-
tives it will be tempted to put on
IIle Oil any dllu OH opSCNAICo hO
matter what the consequences are
to other programs of entertainment
or education.
The religious and educational
groups of America have been given
considerable time on the air. The
new F. c. C. rules threaten the con-
tinuance of that system, and to pre-
vent these rules from going into
effect until the whole subject is can
vassed anew the pending resolu-
ton is being pressed by the broad
casting stations. If political CEN
sorship is coming, the sooner the
public knows about it and is given
an opportunity to protest the better