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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Making More Trouble

The pickering that apparently is going on over induction of negroes among draftees is certainly nothing to make anyone feel satisfied with the admins tration of the selective service act. We certainly hope that officials, both army and draft board, will eventually work out some sort of plan which will be quite American in it's scope. Distinction among draftees as to color certainly is unAmeri- can. It doesn't go with the spirit of this age.
 We can readily understand that some effort might be made to protect a negro against endorsements or difficulties which might be his lot under certain conditions, but even in recognizing this one is really admitting the existence of a definite line of demarcation between the colored and the white man. So many people have fought for years to overcome this that it's a bit discouraging to find the present draft law evidently allowing discrimination against the selection of the negro, if this be the case
 We do think that all officials, military and otherwise, should make supreme effort to prevent it being said that this army we are building up can't be truly representative. We hope that there is just misunderstanding somewhere and that it will be cleared up and drafting proceed without thought to race, color or creed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

sky himself was brutally murdered last year in Mexico by zealot yielding 8 piolet, or Alpine climbing-axe. Now Kri- vitslZy, who publicly had renounced what he claimed was a lifetime of international intrigue and spying for the Russian gov ernment, and who wrote a long expose of it., dies by the gun. There have been others. The only commons denominator has been common opposition to the present Russian government.
 Whether this newest thriller of the slumS of international politics is murder or not, we may never know. But the long succession of such deaths begins to put a strain on coincidence. Maybe even innocent-minded Americans will begin to be convinced that the real world of today has thrown into shadow the fictional world created by Oppenheim and Achmed Abdullah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
The Quick and the Good

There are going to be lot more cont plaints like this one, so we might as we'll get ready for them At Camp Shelby, Mississippi, some of the cantonment buildings thrown together in so great a hurry are beginning to show defects even before the construction crews have left the scene. Window-frames are shrink ing, tent flooors buckling, gaps and cracks are beginning to appear.
 It is the inevitable result of being in a hurry. Green, unseasoned lumber was used when it was not possible to get lum- Der conforming to strict army specified cations We'll, suppose they had waited until just the right kind of lumber was available? There would then have been a great hue and cry about delay Quick building is dear building, and it is pretty apt to be shoddy building. It is all part of the price we pay for our unwillingness to look ahead three or four years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

lucky enough to find work. At Mineral wells, Texas, where Camp Walters is located, many work men sleep in crowded dormitories, equipped with one shower, four water faucets and one toilet for 60 men.
 U. s. Public Health officials are at a. loss to explain why the lack of proper sanitation among defense migrants has not resulted in widespread disease. However, only two minor epidernics of flu, in Louisiana and Texas, have been reported 50 far.
 NOTE - The Social Security Board has been urging employers not to solicit workers outside their community local offices of the U. s. Employment Service have had a chance to fill requirements. NO BOILED BOSOMS
 Nearest approach to campaign uniting the American people dur ing the emergency has been start ed by Orville s. McPherson, pulp lisher of the Kansas City Journal, who conferred with Roosevelt last week. McPherson's organization, United Amerfcans," got off to 8 purely impromptu start when he published an editorial on war aims and a united nation. There fol- lowed such deluge of mail from farmers, auto mechanics, ten-cent cent store workers that the move ment has now spread to other cities.
 We believe that democracy is not dead or dying" says Me Pherson, that it can be effec- tive in an emergency and is ef- fective today. That is why we would rather have Mrs. Zilch from Pittsburgh and MT. o. Grady from Boston with us than a select membership of boiled b0SOmS."
 Copyright, 1941, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

Tolls on the Fleetwood Viaduct of the Cross County Parkway in Westchester County would be continued for twelve years after the time needed to amortize the $1, 800, ,000 that was spent on it's con- struction, according to plans of the Coun- ty Board of Supervisors. This is just another way of raising funds with which to continue parkway improvements and extensions throughout Westchester County. The county is certainly making up for lost time in this respect. It never thought of tolls until Connecticut placed a toll on the Merritt Parkway which leads right into the Hutchinson River Parkway. So in way we are to blame for the toll system going across the line, although the Henry Hudson bridge across the liar lem River was planned as a toll struc- ture. However, we won't complain if Westchester County continues to extract a dime for every car crossing the Fleet wood Viaduct. It's worth it to avoid the former bottlenecked crossing there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Current Comment

Each days increased effort will shorten the struggle by a day. - Ernest Bevin, British minister of Labor.
 The ideal state has never ex- isted on earth, yet men of vision, from Plato to Woodrow Wilson, have never ceased to picture 1t - pr. David S. Muzzey historian.
 They all lose. Senator Henrik Shipstead. asked who will win the war.
 It is heart-breaking to find an American woman burying democ- racy in quotation marks, Mrs. Irving Berlin on Ann Lindbergh's Wave Of the Future.
 The more economists hayo tam. pered with economic conditions, the worse they become: the more poliii- cal scientists have reformed governs ments iii need Of reform; the more AoclologlstS have tempered with the family, the more tho family has diA- InteaFated.
 s-Dr pitlFim 4. soFokin, Harvard toeiologlst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

By the Dewey amendment, Bri- tain would turn over to the U. s. A. for safe-keeping all her stocks and bonds invested in South American railroads, meat plants, docks, electric light com panies, street railways, etc.
 British investments in this area are tremendous. It was the British who developed Argentina and still own a large part of it. And should Britain be defeated, nothing would give Hitler an easier and quicker excuse to Haunt the Monroe Doctrine than taking over these vast interests from the British. Then he would have an American-made excuse for landing the marines.
 Important fact is that South Americans dread such a possi- bility and are the strongest root CTS for the Dewey amendment. However, the State Department has done nothing.
 SPYING ON WALLACE
 An alarm came to Capitol po- lice the other day that a pair of suspicious characters" with opera glasses were spying on the offices of Vice President Walalce and Senator Stewart of Tennessee from across the street.
 Captain Robert Pearce immedi- ately dispatched two of his fleet est bluecoats, who nabbed the culprits in a rooming house op- posite the Senate Office building.
 But they weren't foreign agents. They were two Georgia school boys visiting in the Capital.
 'I just wanted to get a close up of Vice President Wallace" confessed. one.
 "Shucks," deprecated the other, "give me a closeup of those pretty girls in the office next door, any time."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

Believe it or not the new vehicular bridge between Canada and the United States at Niagara Falls is, started. It was officially dedicated on Monday of this week with, officials from both nations, as we'll as the State of New, York in attend ance. This structure will replace the famous Honeymoon" bridge which was swept away by an ice pack three years ago. The new span is known as the Rain bow Bridge and is said to be both prac- tical and beautiful. The first girder was swung into place on the Canadian side and construction will proceed rapidly, it is expected. It probably will be ready for use by 1922.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Selected Poem
YOUR WORDS AND MINE

(By Nettie Louise Lord in the Boston Post) Floating silently through the air, Words are drifting everywhere, The spoken word by you and I, Words that cheered, or made to cry. If perchance some unseen power Sent back to us our words each hour, Would we smile or bow our head When we heard the words we said? They might drift back we do not know, The words we spoke, even long ago. Joy or sorrow would be our share. Should our words drift back from out the air. O. guard the words that pass your lips, Speak only kind and true, If you would have sweet happiness Come drifting back to you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

showered with congratulatory tele-s grams and greeting cards when, Mixter Faithful attained the age of-, 9, thus establishing her as the old-. est registered Guernsey COW in the world. Twice declared a Grand Champion, mother of ten healthy sons and six prolific daughters, all of which have lived up to the best traditions of the Faithful family she can afford to hold her head high as matriarch of the Foremost . Guernsey Blueblood establishment in only slightly less glamorouSs fashion than Elsie of Worlds Fair and Hollywood fame wears her hon-e ors as the queen of the clan Jersey. There used to be a saying among New England farmers that Q 16- year-old COW was worth more In the glue pot than in the stanchion.
 Maybe the animals have gone in forThe More Abundant Life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

One of the passengers took it up- on himself to question the pilot. It seems that landing had not been made because the pilot was not able with absolute certainty to as- certain his position. The passenger inquired what he did under such circumstances, and the reply was, we are always instructed that if we do not know where we are, we are to go up, never down.
 Pretty good" murmured the pas senger to himself as he walked away. "When you do not know where you are, always go up." The thought stayed with him all that day. That night as he sat in his ho- tel room, he kept turning over In his mind e realization that had long been troubling him. He pro- fessed to be e Christian, and yet he took few things to God in prayer. If at any time he found himgelf in difiiculty, he sought for help every place except above. Seldom had he turned his thoughts upward and asked Gods help on some business difiiculty. some sales problem, some baffllng family situation.
 But out of the somewhat terrlfys Ing experience Of that day had emerged thb vital principle voiced by e pilot who kept his head; TT you don't know where you arc, d. ways 60 up."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Press Comment
FARMYARD METHUsELAHs
(New York Sun)


 Current headliners in the news of the animal world are a hen and a COW, each 9 years old. In the hens case. fate decreed she had to die to gain headline. The COW still is go- ing strong, with more than 4,000 direct descendants. In 1919 Samuel D. Colburn of Northfield, Massachu- sets, drove some frolicSome dogs away from a baby chick and nursed it back to health and vigor. AS it grew and its brothers and sisters progressively went to pot or the fry ing pan, the one which had threat ened to go to the dogs was spared and encouraged to live a healthy hens full and rounded life. Pip and roup threatened, but "the Little Old Lady" weathered both. It was age that laid her low. Men who claim knowledge of poultry say that a hen surviving twelve winters is a rare bird.
 The Foremost Guernsey ASSocia- ton at Emmandine Farm near Hopewell Junction, New York, was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, Every member of
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o. Please give brief biography of Henry Aldrich."
 A. Ezra Stone (real name Ezra Feinstone), who plays the role of Henry" in the radio program. "The Aldrich Family" was born in New Bedford, Mass, December ?, 1918, and was educated in private schools and the American Academy of Dras-' matic Arts. He directed two plays ,. on Broadway, and is assistant cast5s ing director for George Abbott, and faculty instructor in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his first radio appearance at the age of 10 on the Horn & Hardart pro- gram, WCAU, Philadelphia.
 e. Tn what order have German tanks been employed in the present war?
 A. Heavy tanks are used by ad- vance troops; medium tanks clean up anti-tank guns the 70-ton mor1- sters missed; lighter tanks from to 20 tons follow through with the attack.
 O. Which departments of retail stores are most profitable?
 A. In 1889, woInen's hosiery ranked first; mems furnishing, sec- ond; and corsets and brassieres'* third.
 o. What United States currency is popularly called "greenbacks?" "a
 A. United States notes.
 'Tf you want a copy of the . cocument ''PAN-AMERICA AT A GLANCE" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, ID. c. Enclose ten cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

1. What is a papoose?
 3. A sherry cobbler is shoemaker, a punch or a French maid? 3. If you inherited gold mine and knew nothing about operating 1t, to which of these. men would you turn for advice-Herbert Hoover, Charles Edison or Walter Mills? 4. Who wrote the opera Martha? 5. Which United States coin IS called two bits?
 6. The donkey is the symbol of which political party? z. What is the present name of the Russian city formerly known as St. Petersburg?
 8. A broad -brimmed hat, common in Mexico and southwestern United States is called .....? 7 g. Jean-JacqueS Rousseau was a famous strong man, actor or philosopher? 10. How many kinds of corpuscles are in the blood?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

One more New York City elevated rail way is coming down. Workmen started this week to tear down the Second Ave nue elevated. Steel taken from the struc- ture will be rushed to Pennsylvania mills for conversion into national defense ma terials. Pretty soon New York will have all its mechanized vehicles underground, leaving the surface for motorized equip
 uent only.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Daily Almanac

Moon rises i;22 c. m.
 Sun rises 6:42 c. m; sets b;3i D. m.
 Ali vehicles must Dc lighted thirty nnln- utes after sunset
 February has treated iB gently. btOrmwlse. A freak rainsht0F1n has been its solo cons tFihullon towards winter. if the month passes by without one severe suow-storm it Will Do unique ln New England annals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

has succeeded as well as 1t has in keeping U. s. shipping and U. s. nationals out of the combat zone for as long as it has, thus reducing to a minim um the chances for one of those naStly ncid e nts that always leads to t trouble and sometimes leads It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

hour. Then two hours, and they were still in the clouds. Everyone in the plane, of course, was rest less. At last the pilot turned the nose of tn e pla ne down. ward. and in a few minute t e s they were safe on the landing field
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
WHITTIER?

WHITTIER? The stewardess walked down the aisle of the air liner and, in re- sponse to an inquiry, said that the plane would ground in twenty min- utes. A half-hour passed. Then an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1941
A Thought for Today

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nOstrils; My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter de- ceit.-JOb 27:3,4.
 We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but good life enables us to disregard them.- Cato.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Washington Merry -Go-Round
NEA s9viee A
DREW PEAR s o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

Lease introduced the House by Charles Dewey Democratic leaders in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Questions
 and Answers
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 mgtOns D. 0. 'rs' O. When was the song "You For got Your Gloves" popular?
 A. In 1881. The words are by Edward Eliscu and the music byA- Ned Lehak. It was used in Third Little Show" =.
 @. When an air-mail letter is sent from the United States to Honolulu, with six cent stamp af- fixed, how far does it travel by air?
 A. To the nearest Pacific port, thence by steamer.
 @. Do plants have senses?
 A. A professor of botany at the University of Iowa says that plants respond to temperature, light, con- tact, shock, pressure, tension, grav- ity, electricity, wounding, gases and liquids, and in fact, the only sense that plants are known to lack, is hearing.
 o. Where is the highest as- tronomical observatory in the world? -
 A. At Freemont Pass observatory in Colorado, the altitude is 11,318 feet. It is branch of the Harvard College Observatory for study of the suns corona without an eclipse. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions turn to Page 26. page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

Ali Rights Reseryed-- Babson Nowbpapor Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
National Spotlight
BY PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent
 Washington, Feb. When the scores are all added up, one of the things the State Department can take the most pride in IS that 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19

o. What United States currency is popularly called "greenbacks" -' A. United States notes.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Softie Rival Is SOUGHT

Carr-Boswell softball team wants
a game for Sunday afternoon at
Magruder Park, Hyattsville. Phone
Warfield 6466.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Execution Is Planned
As Hornet Scores
Unpopular Win
Turner Would Assign
Noeurski or Steele
To Stop Mat Villain

Winner over Leo Numa or Axel
Anderson, whichever handle the
young man prefers, the Green Hor-
net seems about ripe for the execu-
ton taking shape in Prof. Joe Tur-
ner's mind for future gathering of
the Mutton and Muscle Clan.
The Hornet will be the star of the
party, Of course, and has succeeded
in making himself so thoroughly OBJ
noxious to the participating
members of the M. and M. fraternity
1t may be necessary to move the
match to the ball park. 1t is
proved fact that more customers can
be squeezed into the ball park than
into Turner's temple of muscle SCI
ence and that mat fans vocal
chords strike a more strident ring
in early summer if given a little air.
thereby making it possible to insult
the principals with proper venom.
Turner is thinking of bringing in
Bronko Nagurski or Ray Steele to
put period to the Hornets contri-
button to the history of wrestling in
our city, but the gent in green merely
grinned when he heard it.
"One at time they'll be easy," he
said. With two I might have some
trouble"
The Hornet won in the good time
Of 2412 minutes last night, making
Numa quit after threatening to tie
his left arm into a sailors knot. The
verdict did not go well with the ex-
cited customers.
In other engagements Fred Grob-
mier and Lou Plummer drew, Abe
Coleman pinned Angelo Leone, Milo
Steinborn whipped Henry Kulko-
vich and Maurice La Chappelle drew
with Ace Freeman.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Charity Horse Show
AT Cedarbrook Club
Offers 5 Events
Contest for Juveniles
To Open Attractive
Cord Tomorrow

-Four classes for adults and one
for children will comprise the Ce-
darbrook Riding Clubs horse show
at the Lord Fairfax Country Club
in Alexandria tomorrow afternoon.
Proceeds will go to the Alexandria
Hospital.
Starting at 2 o'clock the show will
open with the class for children
under 16 years of age during which
they will walk, trot and canter.
Horsemanship only will count
Glasses for adults will be saddle
horses, road hacks, open jumping
and touch and out sweepstakes.
In the saddle horse event, man
ners and performance at walk, trot
and canter will determine the win
ner.
In road hacks. horses will be re-
quired to jump three feet and in
open jumping, four feet.
Performance only will count in
the touch and out sweepstakes, with
the winner taking all.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Zebley Would Increase
Margin on Trop Prize

(. N. Zebley, one of the Washing
ton Gun Club regulars" will try to
increase his lead in the Cadillac
Three Months Trophy race tomor-
row, when the trapshooting army
assemblies at the Benning hunting
ground for the customary Saturday
afternoon affair.
Two legs will be awarded on the
trophy, competition on which is
drawing to close.
The weekly prize event and a dis
tance handicap will follow the fea-
ture shoot with contestants handi-
capped on basis of scores made in
their opening rounds. The pro-
gram will get under way about 2
o'clock.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Gedeon, Griff Rookie,
Proves an Expert
As Army Shot

Elmer Gedeon. former Michigan
baseball and football star and holder
of two world indoor high hurdle
records, is making new marks for
himself at the Cavalry Replacement
Training Center at Fort Riley. Kans.
Slated for a second tryout with
the Washington Senators, Gedeon,
6-foot-4-inch 196-pounder from
Cleveland, was called into the Serv-
ice March II and stationed here.
The same eye that helped him to
base hits for Michigan and Charlotte
of the Piedmont League has given
him craftsmanship ratings in rifle
and automatic pistol-fring competi-
tions. His showing in horseman-
ship and other phases of the in
tensive 13-week training period have
gained him an appointment as
"trainee corporal"
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Irish Athletic Losses
By Graduation Few

Notre Dame athletic teams have
lost only 80 lettermen as a result
of graduation, the ightest diploma
toll in many years. Added to the
total are two football players. Steve
Bogardus and Johnny McHale, who
have withdrawn from school.
Football is the heaviest loser with
IL men having closed their athletic
careers at Notre Dame. Eleven from
the 1910 team, which dropped two
decisions in nine games. have been
lost. They are Capt. Milt Piepul,
Bob Saggue, Jackie Hayes and Al
Lee. backs, and Johnny O'Brien
Tom Gallagher, Pete Kelly, Johnny
Gubanich. Bob Osterman, George
Rassas and Phil Sheridan, linemen
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Sunday Dates Are Asked
By Four Ball Clubs

The rush is on to schedule base
ball games for Sunday.
The following clubs are open for
bookings:
Apollo Billiards, call Randolph
1900 after 7 pm.
ArtWelderS, Alexandria 2469.
Tru Blu Motors, Hillside 1861
after $50.
c. S. M. c., Atlantic 8196-R.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Large Group Eligible
For Delaware Stake

King Ranch's Dispose and 1tabo
Belair Studs Greville and Peri
sphere, Arnold Hangers Harvard
Square, Greentree Stables Monday
Lunch, Swing and Sway and The
Rhymer and Glen Riddles War
Relic and War Stone are among
the eligibles for the Diamond State
Stakes at Delaware Park on Thurs
day. June 26.
The Diamond State is endowed
with S6,500 and is for 3-year-olds
at mile and a furlong.
Evening star., 1941-06-06
Aztees PIoy Two Sunday
In Philadelphia Park

Washington Aztecs will meet the
Philadelphia Black Meteors in a
double-header Sunday at Philadel-
phia.
The games will be played in the
park at Twenty-sixth street and
Snyder avenue, with the first to 60
on at 1:30.
The Meteors have cleaned up in
their section.