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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30
Portfolios Charges
 Answered By Scully
Statement of Republican MayOralty Candidate Called 'FaIsehOd, Gross InsuIt'; Various Charges Refuted

Campaign charges made by Republican speakers were HnLswered last night by Mayor Vincent Sculy in rado address during which he labelled falsehood and gross insult" statement by his Republican opponent Patrick Perrielo that the present mas started off in the old way with the old crowd
 Of all the the city, my opponent should avoid such renarks" declared Mayor Scuy going to state that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30

the Thursday evening proceeding Communion.
 All those who are to unite Wits the church Sunday morning. NO vember 2 are requested to be pres ent at this meeting. Following tns discussion there will be an cppor. tunity for new members to mee' with members of the church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-30

Mexico will drill many artesiat well to provide water in the Fed eral District, including Mexico City
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16
BIN TR AIN FOR RACE
ON RREAD-WATER DIET

burlington, Sept. l6-For month.
residents of Burlington and Ala
nance county have felt the pinch d
;he defense program, but one resi-
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lcel the greatest of all pinches il
te ting two grades of bread for I'M
Gle Sam.
A 50-mile ace from Durham
through Gibsonville and back it
Burlington Will be staged by Hard
rock Simpson of Burlington and Dr
AlFe Sounion of SummersVille. S. c
The race is expected to prove which
type Of bread is best suited for sol
dicrs in defense camps.
Where does the pinch come in? For
ten days prior to the race each con-
teStant will eat nothing but bread
and water. Simpson will confine his
diet to enriched white bread, he can
eat as many times per day as he
feels the urge. DR.. SOumion will eat
nothing but Whole-Wheat bread.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-09-16

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held in London in the year l843.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
One More Setback

Construction of two great highway bridges in this state is not without it's dangers. The latest mishap to accom- pany this work was the collapse of a cofferdam at the site of New Londons new span across the Thames River. This was particularly bad because it involved the loss of one life and the injury of eight others. Property damage amounted to about $2O 000, according to early reports of the disaster. Only few days ago fears were expressed that both bridges might be held up by shortage of steel.
 And couple of weeks ago the Con- necticut River dike at Hartford collapsed in part, doing considerable property dam- age and delaying construction of me morial boulevard between the present Connecticut River bridge and the new one under construction. All of which is bit unusual for us here in Connecti- cut where such public projects as these have been completed of recent years with out any such mishaps or such interfer- ence with the orderly procedure of work. To avoid repetitions the official probes should be most thorough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
The Virtue of Being Fir.t

It is relief to see anti-Nazi forces move first. Always they have been fight ing desperate rear guard actions afterth Nazi fuehrer has taken the initiative. That's why the American move into Ice land is logical, wisely foresighted step. The full meaning of the setting up of an American naval base beyond what has been traditionally regarded the Western Hemisphere is not yet completely clear. But this probably wouldn't be far wrong.
 With vast Nazi forces now engaged in Russia, there is tendency throughout the anti-Nazi world to sit back; relax, and enjoy the breathing spell Nothing could be more fatal A breathing spell wasted in lolling around is gone for good; breathing spell utilized to the full to catch up and speed up is really useful. The Russian diversion is no time to lay back and take it easy on aid to Britain. It is heaven-sent opportunity to double and redouble that aid
 Now Iceland. By autumn, one of two things will have happened. Either the NaziS will have beaten the Russian army, or they will be deeply involved in a winter campaign in central Russia. We're not guessing which. In the first case, the whole German might may we'll be turned to desperate all-out assault on Britain, probably before winter. In the second case, redoubled campaign in the Allan tic will be almost certain, in desperate need to stop the aid to Britain which would by then be vital factor.
 Note that it is the Navy which is talk ing over Iceland from the British That means naval station somewhere in Ice landic waters, which are almost ice-free all the year around That, in turn, means another and advanced link in the chain U. S. east st-Newfoundland- Green d-Iceland-north England. That is the vital supply line that the United States has undertaken to keep clear, which must be kept clear if England is not to be forced against her will into peace as dangerous to the United States as degrading to herself.
 The occupation of Iceland is obviously a step taken not for the present, but for the near future Iceland lies squarely within what the Germans have pro- claimed to be war zone, but in part of that zone which the United States has determined is vital to it's own protection. From steps like this there can be no draw ing back. They must be made to stick, and stick firmly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

Just by way of contrast! Last week Lieutenant Governor Odell Shepard un- loosed a blast at the Connecticut Light and Power Company, claiming that the public utility was responsible for vulgar destruction' of the Housatonic Rivers lower falls in the town of Falls Village. This week the Honorable MT. Shepard admits "a serious but quite unintentional error" in citing the c. L. & P. Co. for this offense. It should have been another electric company ''of a not dissimi- lar name, he says in his public apology. While it's easy to confuse facts like this, it's always hard to live down the blunder you made. Once upon time we might have uttered maledictions upon public utilities for gobbling up precious water rights throughout the state, but when you drive through the countryside and see what resort has been made of Lake Zoar and Candlewood Lake one wonders if the criticism doesn't too often fall flat today. Here are two examples of what public utility can do in return for se- curing water privileges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

It's good news for us here in the middle of the Naugatuck Valley to read that bids were recently opened at Hartford by the State Highway Commissioner for road work on that stretch of highway between Shelton and Nichols. Four miles of re- inforced concrete are to be laid along this route and, if we aren't mistaken some what different lines will be followed than the existing winding route. The new roadway should be vast improvement and should aid in the furtherance of plans for linking Bridgeport and Water bury by road that will do justice to these two highly important defense man. ufacturing centers. This road work is, everyone hopes, just the beginning of a job to improve the Bridgeport Waterbury link
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Aroused As Never Before

New Britain right now represents community aroused to such pitch of anger as few civilized cities ever witness. The good townSpeople awoke one morn- ing this week to find four of the huge elnls that for years have graced the cen tral green denuded of their branches and workmen busy removing the gaunt trunks. Residents whose work is noc- turnal were interested spectators through out the night hours when the tree sur geons started their job of cutting down the "old settlers.
 Of course there has been a vigorous discussion going on in the Hardware City for some months past about removing the trees. One of the reasons cited for their removal was the presence of ob- noxiouS Starlings in the trees. Still if this was the prime motive for cutting down four old elm trees it does sound like strong medicine. If the trees were men ace to the safety of passerSby, that would be another thing entirely The mere fact, though that the trees were cut down during the night seems to add weight to the arguments of those who now want the scalps of the guilty officials.
 The argument may be advanced that the work was begun early enough so as not to interfere with traffic, but too many people are apt to conclude that the night hours were chosen simply because there'd be less interference with the operations before 1t was too late to object. If Water bury thought the outcries against removal of tNo elTns some time ago was bad, then it should listen in on the flow of critical oratory now directed against New Britains city hall It drowns out the roar of Nlagara's mighty cataract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

himself as a political power and master of the CIO.
 Story No. bore Joplin, Mo, dateline. It reported a speech by Reid Robinson, head of the CIO Mining and Shelter Workers, att tacking OPM Associate Director Sidney Hillman by name.
 Robinson is Lewis hench- man and thereby retains his job. He was one of the few tOp-rung CIO leaders who fol- lowed Lewis in his bolt to Will kie, and his direct attack on HilIman is. the first made by amy important CIO executive.
 Inside CIo word is that the hand of Lewis was behind the blast; also that other blasts will be coming from key-placed Lewis henchmen as part of his fence building to recapture the CIO presidency at the annual con- vention this fall.
 Story No. 2, from Washington, reported tht Lewis had deposted certain officials of the United Mine Workers Gas, Coke and Chemical Division, replacing them with Ora Gassaway, another of his henchmen, and Kathryn Lewis, his daughter and confidential sec- retary. The men replaced are able, experienced but independent labor leaders. They did not bolt to Willkie and have CO., operated with Hillman on defense problems.
 MUNITIONS BOSS
 The Gas, Coke and Chemical Division covers all workers in the munitions industry, which of course is rapidly expanding, and the union is keeping step with this growth.
 So by installing Gassaway and his daughter at the head of this union, Lewis quietly made himself labor boss of one of the most strategic defense
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
One Little Vote

By just one vote in real heavy voting spree the House has voted to extend the period of service for draftees from one year to eighteen months. That's hardly convincing proof that Congress should put through such an order When POP members of legislative body of 435 members are opposed to this provision, it's time for the administration leaders to give strict heed to what is going on throughout the nation. Not that any body is opposed to national defense, quite the contrary
 It's just that there is serious differ ence of opinion among people on what we should do here in the United States in the present world crisis and how far we should commit ourselves in provid- ing direct aid to the belligerents. And no one can be criticized for entertaining either an assenting or dissenting view point in this matter That's why we don't believer the administration won a victory Tuesday in Washington on the extended service bill. Technically, yes; actually, no.
 We would weigh very carefully every step taken henceiorth in advancing this bill towards complete passage, We would want to be able to give strict account ing to millions of American boys, as well as their families back home, of conditions as they affect us if these same youngsters are to be told their service won't end in one year. What proof have we that, bar ring declaration of war, the 18-month period won't be extended when it draws near an end?
 Creation of vast war machine in the United States can be done in very many ways. One, of course, is complete mobil- lzation of man-power. We have started to do that and want to see the job through, but at the same time we don't want to break faith with those boys who have gone forth under the first peace-time conscription act in American history. They are not merely instruments of the state. They are the state, just as much ss you and back home at our civilian pursuits and the powers that be at Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
DON'T LOSE OUR AMERICAN
 IDEA OF INDEPENDENCE

August 13, 1941.
 Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Y In the present confusion of pub- lie opinion we are in danger of los- Ing our sense of where we have come from We in America have come from a struggle of 160 years to establish the right of the indi- vidual to attain to whatever posi- tion his abilities entitled him. The successful results of this struggle have perhaps made us unduly proud in telling the world of the ever- widening opportunities which our constantly growing freedoms opened to us. We have made a reality of the word opportunity" far beyond the dreams of the Founders. Let us stop and ask where are we going?
 We now find ourselves faced with great emergency which demands quick and decisive action. Our ap- proach to it isc weakened by having come through a long and demora- liking depression. This depression was caused in large part by the economic dislocations of the last war; by the over-expansion and over-speculation induced by that war, and by 8 wave of destructive radicalism which was sweeping over the world. The violent dislocations produced made us impatient and unwilling to allow time to bring about the readjustments which had to be made before healthy progress could take place of the feverish and unnatural activities of the war. Had we taken in our belts and exercised our own wits and resources to the utmost, we would have licked the depression in far shorter time. Un- fortunately, we were tempted to turn to ali sorts Of legislative panaceas, most of which prove to be only palllatives, not cures of tine basic causes, and often in them- selves creating His which are as bad as those the ynought to relieve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

@. In what sections of the United States can ginseng be cultivated?
 A. It is best adapted to the Northeastern, North Central, and North Pacific Coast States, but can also be grown successfully in the Appalachian Mountain region. It's culture is not recommended for the South, the Great Plains, or the Southwest. ...
 e. The present wheelbase of my truck is 146 inches, and l would like to extend it to TO inches. By doing this will the hill-climbmG power remain the same?
 A. Unless the tire size or differ ential gear ratio is also changed, tractive power would remain the same. If, however, the extended body is given a heavier load than the or iginal, then speed and ability to climb hills would be less. o. What has become of the Ia nous music publishers John Churct and Company of Cincinnati?
 A. In 1880 Theodore Presse1 Company of Philadelphia purchased the entire catalog of John Churcb and Company.
 @. What does a star or asterisi before the numerals on 8 bank notA signify?
 A. That the note has been sub stituted in regular series for defective note.
 Q. What is the chief indudstry O Iceland?
 A. Fishing. Iceland's fisheries produce cod and herring valued at $5 y0OO, GOO Q year.
 EDITORS NOTE-n you are desirous of securing this weeks popular booklet "GENEALOGY." address F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-19O Waterbury Democrat Service Bur. eau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washing ton, D. C., with ten cents t. cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

New Haven finds, as has Waterbury in the past, that it often costs more to tear up old trolley rails than it does to lay pavement right over them. It's not the ideal solution of the problem, but it does enable a municipality to economize until sufficient funds are at hand for con- plete street repaving job. In our own instance we look forward to the day when all streets with rails in them will be so treated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Selected Poem
CRANDMA's FAvoRITE CHAIR

(By Bertha H. Gray in the Boston Post) Grandma sits in her favorite chair And the freight shines on her soft grey hair. Her eyes are closed, but she's not asleep; She is thinking of memories that are so sweet. She thinks of the day when she was bride, And a husband SO loving stood by her side. And she thinks of her children-each was Joy Two lovely girls and great big boy. She can see them still as they knelt to pray, Thanking God for the gifts of the day. As she opens her eyes to the fires cheer, She sees her grandson standing near, Waiting to say his evening prayer Beside Grandma's favorite chair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
In Today's Mail

Most of all we weakened the sense of Independence. Great groups of people came to look to dependency upon the State Four major groups were brought into action: labor unions, farmers, the unemployed and office holders. Whether it was question of wages, prices, employ ment or public jobs, the demand was for governmental assistance in stead of for doing our utmost to help ourselves.
 Our spirit of free enterprise has constantly labored to establish abiI- ity and merit as the measure of compensation Our past success has unQuestionably been due to our in- heritances of education, individual initiative and rewards, which nur- tured ability. We have come out of independent homes. Let us ill de- lending ourselves against dictatorial powers go forward into homes un- fettered by dependency upon the State.
 We have now gone so far toward public dependency that when faced with the imminence of war all kinds of groups turn at once to the cen- tral government to further their own selfish interests. The emerg- ency should call us to volunteer as a unit for the common welfare only. Instead, selfish interests are insist ing upon getting their own" first at the hands of the government. The farmers. the unions, home builders, the landlords, defense workers and industries alike are eager to have the government push their own private interests, often under the spacious plea that they are essential to the public welfare.
 In the last World War, acting willingly and with @ realization of our responsibility, we undertook whatever policy was plainly in the public interest. We raised vast sums of money, regulated rents, ra- toned food and coal. controlled prices and r'aees and fed the Etarv- ing with . minimum of laws and government bureaus. We knew where wo had come from and with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

united purpose, we had faith in where we were going.
 Now we are headed toward rapid- ly spiraling wages and prices be- cause of laws enacted in answer to the demands of farmers and unions. Having raised prices by law, we are seeking to control them by another law, in fear of the hopeless circle of imitation toward which we are drifting.
 Let us devote all our efforts t3. these purposes: the producing for defense of all the arms we are ca+ pable of and the goods essential for our support. Let us go forward on this path alone. We will make progress faster as volunteers than under legal compulsion. We have come out of independence Let us continue to fight for it to the end.
 England is devoting 50 per cent of the national income to production for war. Germany is contributing between 60 and 70 per cent of her national income for this purpose. Up to date we have not contributed more than 12 1-2 per cent of our national income. During the com- ing year even the most optimistic estimates fail to advance this be- yond 20 per cent of our national income. The basic reason for this failure is that we are unwilling to recognize and accept the sacrifices we must make sacrifices in wages, in luxuries, in the pursuit of bust ness and pleasure as usual. Only by sacrifice can we maintain tllesS liberties out of which we have come and which we are now labor ing to preserve.
 We have faith in the sustaining vision of Q people who are deters mined to rule themselves. This vision has arsen out of the sacri- Aces endured in creating . society in which the common man could call his soul his own. TO entruss that soul to tho rule of any govern ment would destroy the viol0n and the faith on which lt is founded.
 Connecticut Economic oouneii.
 ny; Howell olaeney. XTeas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

industries. He put himself in key position where the govern ment must deal with him to ob- tain gun powder for the Army, Navy and Air Corps.
 Also, he ensured that the union will vote as he orders at the CIO convention.
 Story No. 3, the only one that attracted attention, was the Low den-Hoover-Landon attack on Roosevelt's Russia policy. Lewis was one of the fifteen sign CTS of this blast, and thus dis closed the circuitous political game that he is playing.
 To the rank and file of the CIO John L. is parading as an ardent defender of their interests. Labor has no real representa- tion in the defense setup" is his battle cry and his henchmen's. But simultaneously he is lining up with Old Guard Republican isolationists who have opposed the defenSe program.
 This juxtaposition charts Lewis strategy. As president of the CIO, the ally of the COOP Old Guard, and an isolationist leader, he would be at the top of the political heap. In next years congressional elections and in 1944, he could write the ticket, possibly even put put himself on it. This ambi- tiOn is Lewis consuming pas- sion second perhaps to his hatred of Franklin Roosevelt.
 NOTE Lewis next public maneuver will be nationwide radio speech he is quietly plan ming to make on Labor Day. In this address he will attack Roose- velt's foreign policies and the ad- ministration of the defense pro- gram.
 Copyright, 1941, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc. )
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises ll:57 p. m. daylight tirne). Sun rises e:0l a. m.; sets 7:5s D. m. tday- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Friday. Aug. i6 6:04 G. m. low tide, ll:l6 a. m. daylight time). The moon goes into it's last quarter phase tonight between and o'clock (standard time). If the prevailing west winds shift to the southwest or south watch for lot Of rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Current Comment

It happens that I do not believe in censorship, and 1t happens that I know I reflect the opinions of the President of the United States on this subject.
 Lowell Mellett. head of the Of
 flee of Government Reports.
 Some people speak of social gains as though they were nothing but little luxuries. like cigarets and lip- stick, which we should all Do willing to give up in the name Of patriotism. -Qen. Philip 3. Fleming, Wage- Hour Administrator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14

In the first place, this is the board which has been talked about since last
 January, an d it should have been nam 2 d then. The trou- ble is, nobody could agree who should be on 1t
 and who should head it. So in all the wran- gling no board
 was appointed, , "ollona xxy a e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-14
Whats Your I. or

Can you answer seven of these
 test questions? Turn to last
 page for the answers.
 1. Four score and seven years iS how long period?
 2. The population of the world ia roughly 1, ?, or billion?
 3. Which State is nicknamed the Sunshine State?
 4. By what two names was Lenin- grad previously known? 5. The speed of sound in air in creases or decreases with an hsa crease in atmospheric temperature? 6. Sampans are devices used in placer mining, Chinese boats, or kind of hat?
 T. For what organization do the initials s. P. c. A. stand?
 8. From which country did the United States buy Alaska?
 g. Name the publisher of chain of newspapers who died in June, 1941.
 10. What religious sect worships fire?