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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Congressional Reapportionment

Several bills have already made their appearance in Congress calling for reap pOrtionment. Both are worded to prevent any loss of membership in the House by those states whose population growth in the past ten years was so slight as to cause such a loss. One of the measures would increase the House membership from 435 to 450 members It's the lesser of the two evils. The other would have the House reapportioned by mathe- nautical formula termed equal propor- tions".
 This method differs from the present one we have been using known as major fractions. Under "equal proportions" the states whose population increased the most between 1880 and 194O would gain in representation, while those which failed to keep up the pace would lose. Major fractions simply allot repreSen- tation on the basis of a total membership of 435 as contained in the total popula- tion of the states. The integer determines the number of representatives each state gets. If the number divides unevenly re- mainder greater than one-half the diviSor means an additional seat.
 That there must be reapportionment before the year is out Congress well knows. And it knows it will be taken care of automatically under the law un- less it can do something first to foreStall this. For example, the 7th Illinois dis trict has a 914,053 population, while the 18th New York Gin New York City) is only 70,3O7. It's discrepancy like this that demands that Congress pause long enough to Straighten out it's own houses. Such a stretch in representation figures is ridiculous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
The Tragedy of Italy

Nothing is easier Cor more despicable), than to kick a man when he is down. It is easy, at long range, to administer a verbal kicking to the Italian people, especially now that their armies have taken such a literal kicking around in Albania, in Libya and in Ethiopia. It is unjust, however, to use these failures as blanket indictment of the Italian peo- pie, and especially to allow it to reflect on Americans of Italian descent. It is the strutting, bombastic, truculent lead ership that has fastened itself on Italy that must bear the blame.
 There is nothing wrong with Italians as such. They did all right when they were kicking Radically out of Milan a hundred years ago, and Garibaldi's red Inirts and Mazzini's legions were the admiration of the world when they made their gallant but hopeless resistance to the Austrians. But they were fighting to defend their country, fighting for free. dom. And that makes all the difference. People who ike Co bring np C0poreito .orget the PIaye and the fact that Italy. almost knocked out. rose again and de- ilvercd knockout blow against the Aus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Foreign Language Barometer

The choice of foreign languages for study by college students always forms an interesting barometer of the state of the national mind. Students are influ- enced sentimentally, but also by their judgment of what they think is most iikeIy Iy to be helpful to them in the future. They evidently agree with a great many of their elders that the future of the United States is going to be increasingly intertwined with South and Central America, for 100 colleges quizzed by F. s. Crofts and Company, publishers, reported registrations of 36,146 students in Spanish this fall, as compared with 29, ,739 in 1889, an increase of 21.54 per cent in a single year. French enroll ments declined 15 per cent from last year, and German 329 per cent. More stu dents are still taking German than Span. ish, though at the present rate of change, Spanish will soon predominate.
 These figures are straw which shows how the wind is blowing -Southward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

question and answer, and a full record of the conference is pre- pared and filed.
 He talks of combating yellow fever in the tropics, from which some reporters draw the infer- ence that we are preparing to send troops to South America. After the weighty stuff, MT.
 Stimson thoughtfully throws in an item for the feature writers about the establishment of an Army dog team in Alaska.
 Everybody wears a badge of Identification, except the Secre- tary of War. A lady reporter asks him if he has one. and he flips back his coat and shows it, pinned to vest pocket. But instead of a regulation badge, he wears one marked Temporary Duty"
 In the midst of the laughter, someone tries to make a case that he is about to resign. Flushing, the only man who has been twice Secretary of War and once Secre- tary of State, shakes his head and the conference breaks up. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Brigadier General Raymond Lee, keen U. s. military attache in London, is now home on leave and jumps every time plane zooms over Washington airport. :. Able U. S. Roads Commissioner Tom Mcdonald points out that there were only 100000 automo- piles in the United States in 1914; 19,0O0,000 in 1926, but 32,000,000 in 1939. Meanwhile the road pro- grams of many states are still in the horse and buggy age. -. :. Elder statesman ex-Senator King of Utah is being promoted by friends to become a Commissioner of the District of Columbia.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Selected Poem
THE CHEsS-BOARD

By Robert Bulwer Lytton in the Boston Post My little love, do you remember,
 Ere we were grown so sadly wise, Those evenings in the bleak Decebmer, When you and played chess together, Curtained warm from the snowy weather, Checkmated by each others eyes?
 An! still see your soft white hand Towering warm OCT Queen and Knight
 Brave Pawns in valiant battle stand; The double Castles guard the wings; The Bishop. bent on distant things, Moves, sidling through the fight.
 Our fingers touch: our glances meet,
 And falter: falls your golden hair
 Against my cheek; your bosom sweet Is heaving Down the field, your queen Rides slow, her soldiery all between.
 And checks me unaware.
 An me! the little battles done: Disperst is all it's chivalry. Full many a move, since then, have we Mid life's perplexing checkers made And many a game with Fortune played;
 What is 1t we have won?
 This this at least-if this alone: That never, never, nevermore, As in those old still nights of yore.
 (Ere we were grown so sadly wise,)
 Can you and shut out the skies, Shut out the world and wintry weather, And eyes exchanging warmth with eyes, Play chess, aS then VIC played togetheri
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

Over the weekend two names were erased from the rolls of Well-knoWn and distinguished Americans active in public life. They now go on the scroll of those who have passed from this life. They were former Supreme Court Justice Will lis Van Devanter and ex-U. s. Senator Reed Shoot. Van Devanter retired from the Supreme Court shortly after Presl- dent Roosevelt preached his court re- organization plan. His dissenting oplnlonS had long been characteristic. Reed Shoot will always have his name nnked to a tariff act. Shoot was quite a character, coming to Congress as one of the 12 apostles of the Mormon Church ln Utah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

Work on the Nichols cutoff has ac- tually been started, according to infor- nation from down there. This isn't con- struction work by any means, but pre- liminary steps that must be taken be- fore the steam shovels and trucks start to hack route around that section of Trumbull which is to be by-passed. When this cutoff is completed there should be an even more direct route between Wa terbury and the Merritt Parkway. Last wear residents of Nichols weren't so sure they were going to like the State Highway Departments plans for this bypass, but reports now indicate that the outlined route is quite satisfactory It will pass the east end of the town. Whether or not it will be built so as to provide access to the parkway remains unanswered. A brand new entrance has just been com pleted at Nichols and it's not very likely that another one will be added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

TODAY, we attempt to show what steps, if any, have been talk en by the U. s. Government to safeguard supplies of tin, in case these areas are occupied.
 The United States consumes one-half of all the worlds tin: so that many basic industries, in cluding canned foods and light bulbs, would be seriously handi- capped-or paralyzed-if tin sup plies were exhausted. Therefore the State Department began mov- ing two years ago to bring crude tin direct from Bolivia, saving a long ocean haul, and smelling it in the United States.
 However, some American met al interests, including the Ma tional Lead Company, which owns 8 stock interest in certain British tin smelting concerns, were opposed. They did not want tin smelted in the United States.
 Later a former official of Ma tional Lead, Robert L. Hallett, was appointed tin adviser to the National Defense Commission, to- gether with Erwin Vogelsang, who for many years had worked for two British tin exporters.
 For long time the National Defense Commission, for reasons best known to itself, also opposed smelting tin in this country and apparently was willing to risk oc- cupation of the Dutch East Indies by the Japanese or the long ocean haul to Liverpool and back again.
 But finally, even the Defense Commission was converted, and last November the U. s. Gov ernment signed a contract with the Bolivian Government for 18,OOO tons of tin to be delivered in the United States in crude ore and refined here.
 JESSE JONES DELAYS
 However, the United States has no tin smelter, since National Lead deals with the British smelt-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Recommendation is pro-
 nounced rek-O- men, da -shun,

@. Which Presidents of the Unit ed States were of Irish descent?
 A. No president was of wholly Irish ancestry. The following had Scotch-Irisl ancestors: Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Chester A. Arthur and William Mckinley.
 @. When and where. was the first motion picture theater in the United States? @
 A. The first one was opened by John P. Harris, in Pittsburgh, Pa, on Thanksgiving Day, 1905.
 o. What is the authorized strength of the U. s. Army?
 A. In June, 1940, the authorized strength of the Regular Army was raised to a maximum of 375, 900; but, under the conscription Act of Octo- Der 8, 1940, no specified limitation is placed on the enlisted strength for the fiscal year 194l. it being sub- feet to available appropriations. In the Regular Army on June 30, 1940, enlisted men numbered 249,44l; of- ficers, 14,594.
 @. Are tightly bundled newspa- pers subject to spontaneous com- bustion?
 A. The National Bureau of Stand- ards says that they have no infor- nation to indicate that newsprint. paper is at all subject to spontaneous heating that may result in ignition. From the constituents of the paper and ink, they are inclined to infer that no such occurrence is possible.
 If you want a copy of the leaf let FEDERAL HOUSING" send
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 Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. C.
 Enclose four cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

Berlin, which is being turned into dual frteway.
 The parkway in ,AeriGen will ttlH- nel under Eas. Main street, Paddock and Baldwin avenIes, and VIII bridge over Miller avenue and Vest field road. In few years one ~lil be able to drive through Meriden on-stop at 50mrh.
 But when the parkway is to De completed between its present ter minus in Orange and Meriden IS not stated. Highway Commissioner Cox says the work could be done with bond issue much faster than under the present method of ap- propriations from the Legislature and by the use of state highway funds and the tolls from already existing parkways.
 Which sounds reasonable. The Merritt Parkway was built as re- suit of bond issues, and we have yet to hear of anyone being sore or sorry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Press Comment
A NEW RAIL STATION
(New Britain Herald

(New Britain Herald
 The New Haven railroad trustees are in mood to make depot i'm provements, even to the extent of constructing new stations, as is evi- denced by the story farom Meriden. In the Silver City new one-story brick station, including a comfort station, will he constructed th!s summer. The cost will be $75.O00 and considerable parking space for patrons will be provided in it's vicni- ity.
 Which may be reminder that the combined railroad and bus sta tion in New Britain, which City Hall and the railroad have been dis cussing off and on, may not be as idle dream as some folks think.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Current Comment

There are q lot oi foreign slackerS. European royalty. princes and poe tcnt6tes. and their idolators, who, instead Of being wlned and dined iii high places in Washington and urging us to 90 to war, ought to be home fighting the battles for liberty and Christianity they 70 giibiy tell lis about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Whats s Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. The first accession to the terri tory of the United States came through the Louisiana Purchase; what was the second accession?
 2. What do the initials c. M. T. c. stand for?
 3. Which three New England States border on Canada?
 4. Of what country is Adolf Hitler a native?
 5. At what temperature does wa ter boil at sea level?
 6. Name the under secretary of agriculture.
 2. What was the maiden name ot Mrs. James H. R. Cromwell?
 8. Is it legal to enclose a written letter in a parcl-post package?
 9. With what religious sect x Nauvoo, Illinois, associated?
 10. What Is the l;airle of T!,o:naS JeTerson's estate n Virginia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
THE PARKWAY WEARS
(New Britain Herald

The Cross parkway is coming nearer and nearer-Meriden'S authorities have just been advised to change the fire plugs adjoining the route through the edge of that city so that construction of the parkway can be started in the spring for the connection with D. s. 5 in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

not scrap iron, not living room for its over- crowded people
 just a battle for enough to eat.
 Tn e story comes out in apparently un- related official s tatem e n t IS. s upp lemented by reports 10 the U. S. Depart nnent of Com mefce, they fit together to solve q Inlnonnro mig.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Daily Almanac
.A A.2O Q. Tn.

Moon rises SEQ D. m.
 Sun rises e:S2 ., m; SetS 6:22 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Fun moSn arrives this evening shortly afs ter o'clock We can look forward for some fair. but frosty. weather until the wind f0teleb around Co the Setitli or west.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11

highly signlfl-
 cant. It was a prism which, laid on the win dow sill, cast a rainbow on the ceiling abov e the invalid's bed. She could only lie on her back all day lon g looking at the ceiling. But this t h O II Qhtful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
National Spotlight
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CwrespOndent

Washington, Feb. 1l--Japan's new order in the Orient seems to be boil ing down to fight for rice. Not oil,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEAR s O N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Round showed how Indes chief
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
A Thought for Today

These things doth the Lord hate: yea, are an abOmination unto him: proud look, lylng tongue and hands that shed innocent blood'- Proverbs 6:16, F.
  Whenever man commits crime heaven finds a WitnesS.-Bulwer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau win answer tor sou Tree, any question of fact or tmfornla- ton, not involving extensive re search. Write your question clear Iv. sign name and address, enc close . three cent postage stamp Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ingt0n, D. Q.
 @. Was Horace Greeley ever major party nominee for the Pres idency?
 A. He was the nominee of the Liberal Republican party in 1872 and was also endorsed by the Nationa Democrats. He ran second to Gen U. s. Grant, who was elected.
 o. Who painted the popular pie ture, "The Souls Awakening?
 A. James J. Sant (182o-1S16), | British painter.
 o. When was the term Catl1oli Church first used?
 A. By St. Ignatius in his epistl to Smyrna, about no A. D. He use. the term to mean the universal church" After the Great Schism between the Eastern and Western churches about the year 1000 A. D. the. term "Isoman Catholic Church" was used to distinguish it from the Eastern or Orthodox churches, and after the Protestant Reformation f'1 the sixteenth century the term was widely uset. by Protesta;lts.4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-11
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY .
 RAINBOWS

What present shall take to my sick friend?
 Someone told me recently of seeing in the bedroom of an invalid a present which struck me as being
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Bank HoIdup Thworted,
Two Men Are Hunted
NV the Associated Press.

BY the Associated ,Pfess.
THOMPSONVILLE, Pa, Sept. H.
state police pressed search today
for two young men who fled to a
densely wooded region near here
after attempting to rob the Farm
ers' National Bank.
Trail of the men was lost late
Yesterday during driving rain
storm which baked efforts of blood
hounds brought here from the Rock
view Penitentiary. A detail OF ap-
proximately 80 men has been as
signed to comb the woods and roads
of the region.
The frustrated holdup occurred
shortly before noon yesterday, when
the two men entered the bank
and demanded the money in the
cage of Cashier George w. Gray
bill. Apparently losing their nerve
when Mr.. Graybill told them te
BEAT It," they fed empty-handed
Evening star., 1941-09-11
New York Explosion
Disrupts Subways,
FeIIs Pedestrians
Hole Is Feet Deep and
30 Feet in Diameter
Is Left by BIost
b ths Associated Press.

b ths Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Sept. 1l.-A gaping
hole Is feet deep and 80 feet In
diameter in lower Seventh avenue
occupied the attention Of city work
ers and Sidewalk engineers" today
in the wake of a steam explosion
which knocked pedestrians to the
ground, disrupted subway service
and shook most of Greenwich Viii
lage.
The explosion occurred last night
as many curious spectators were
watching subway passengers emerge
from a section of subway flooded by
a broken 36-inch water main.
When the water from the broken
main struck a large, underground
steam pipe, there was laundering
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Conodo and Chile Agree
To Establish Relations
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. IL
Canada and Chile agreed to estab-
hsh diplomatic relations as a joint
declaration calling for expanded
trade between the Dominion and
this country was signed at the For
eign once yesterday.
Chile will be the third South
American nation with which Can
ada has established diplomatic re-
lations and exchanged Ministers
Canada's new Minister to Brazil
Jean Desy, arrived at Rio de ia
neiro today, and legation Is being
established at Buenos Aires.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Income Exemptions
Main Issue Before
Tax Bill Conferees
Agreement on Huge New
Defense Measure Is
Hoped for Today
~ the Associated Press.

B5 tnt ASScclkIeo frees'
The No. question before a Joint
Senate House conference committee
today was whether to require in
come tax returns next year from
almost 5000, 900 persons now exempt
from filing.
Hopeful of an agreement by
nishtfall on a compromise version
of the huge new defense tax bill,
the conferees tackled the job of re-
solving the differences between Sen
ate and House versions Of the leg
islation on the subject OF personal
exemptions.
sl,S75 Exemption Proposed.
The House left the exemptions
unchanged $4,000 for married
couples and $500 for single persons.
The Senate version, however, cut the
married exemption to 81 500 and the
single to $75o-a change which the
Treasury said would require an es-
timated 4,sll,000 additional persons
to file returns by next March. The
Weld from this change was set at
x303 ,o00, 900 annually-most OF the
increase to be paid by persons al
ready subject to the tax.
There was some sentiment among
House members of the conference
group to make the married exemp-
ton sl,875-a reduction in the same
ratio as that provided for single
individuals.
Senate conferees, however, said
they were reluctant to accept such
n suggestion, and Chairman George
of the Senate group estimated 1t
would eliminate about 5000 900 ,OOO
Of revenue.
Corporation Taxes Issue.
Besides the difference over lowered
exenptions, the conference group
faced q major fight over Senate
changes in the corporation taxes
After eliminating a special 10 per
cent levy which the House voted
to impose on those companies not
earning sufficient money to fall
under the excess profits taxes. the
Senate approved an increase In
CORPORATION surtaxes from to (
per cent on net income up te
$4,000 and from 6 to 7 per cent
on income over that amount. The
Senate Finance Committee said The
net result was a s52,soo 900 gair
In revenue.
IT don't know what the HOUSE
people are going to do" remarked
Senator Davis, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, one of the conferees. "bu
I think we will insist on the Senate
corporation taxes"
The conference committee me
throughout yesterday and member
reported it had agreed on a numoe
of minor items. Senators Barkley
Democrat, of Kentucky and Walsh
Democrat, of Massachusetts, told re
porters, however, that the mail
work still lay ahead for today.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
Suitor Who Asked
His Money Back
Gets Jail Term
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Sept. II. Ray
Rennison, az, who asked girl
to repay 5000 he spent counting
her, was convicted yesterday on
a charge of squirting ammonia
in her face and sentenced to six
months In Jail.
Miss verda Soda, Is, an
elevator operator, suffered
slight burns from the ammonia.
Police officers said Miss Soda
told them she rejected Renni-
sons proposals Of marriage and
then agreed to his demand that
she repay at IS a month the
money he spent on dates with
her over two-year period.
Evening star., 1941-09-11

explosion which knocked spectators
to the ground and sent a geyser OF
steam, stone and debris i5o feet into
the air.
Four persons were injured. The
most seriously hurt was Grace Cas-
telano, 20, who suffered possible
skull fracture.
The water main break flooded a
Smile stretch of subway from
Chambers street to Pennsylvania
Station and forced passengers to
leave stranded trains and wade
through knee-deep water to station
platforms.
AS precautionary measure, $50
Evening star., 1941-09-11
6. O. P. to Hear Roosevelt

ROCHESTER, NJ. Y, Sept. ii
(P).-Republicans OF a suburban dis
trict here have gone in for unity In
big way. Posters advertising
district rally tonight featured the
announcement that President Roose'
velt's speech will be heard over .
public address system.
Evening star., 1941-09-11
16-Inch Coast Guns
Score Two Direct Hits
ny the Associated Press.

By the ABsoclated Pfess'
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL
Uncle Sans largest land guns, le-
inch coast defense rifles, had their
practice shots yesterday and scored
two direct hits on a l5-foot-sguare
target placed u miles at sea.
Six other shots, out OF IA hred
were scored as near misses.
The 68-foot barrels can be ele-
vated to throw 1-ton shells 35 miles
Evening star., 1941-09-11

residents Of buildings on Seventh
avenue were required to leave their
homes for several hours, but after
the structures were inspected by
city workmen they were permitted
to return.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
PAPER HANGING

PAPER HANGING and paintine-This week
only. rooms scraped dry cracks filled -. >
Sunfast papers. GE. $3.50. 10 3
PAPER HANGING. first class; terms can ne
arranged monthly. Also floor sanding.
Dupont 654O.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
REPAIRS g SERVICE,
FLOOR SANDING.
FLOOR SANDING,

Refinishing. Terms. oHare, HO $3.50. l7.'
FLOOR SANDING AND REFINISHING.
White mechanics; good work: reasonable.
CALI FRANKLIN O514.