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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21
NOT HOUSEBROKEN
Bridgeport Post)

Connecticut has a state water commission which is slowly clearing up the pollution of our brooks and rivers. However, progress is so slow that it doesn't seem now that com- plete success will be achieved in the lifetime of many adults.
 A typical example of the kind of resistance which this commission experiences is to be found in the village of Forestville where the commission has ordered halt to the pollution of the Pequabuck river nto which private sewage syS- tenn now empties. But with rapid growth of real estate in that de- is feared
 One of the objectors, real estate operator points out that the cleaning up of pollution in Forest vile will do no good because the river is already heavily polluted in the town of Plymouth (which in- cludes Terryville) and considerable more pollution is added as the stream passes through Bristol where both domestic sewage and industrial waste are added to it.
 This is the old cry. "Why should I clean up, when someone else is polluting?" No matter where the Water Commission began its work every polluter might seek to jus tify his own course by pointing to some other pollution elsewhere.
 For our part we have no patience with any of them and think that the commission has been altogether too slow in dealing with these cases.
 Some of our streams such as the Naugatuck river are hardly any thing more than open sewers. The beauty that has been destroyed cannot be restored for genera tion after pollution ceases. In the meantime to suffer continued pollu- tion for fear some person might be put to little expense or trouble is to sacrifice the public interest l and the welfare of the state in the long view, for some temporary ex- pedient.
 The municipality which thinks that beautiful brook is the proper receptacle for the discharge of sew age ought not to be permitted to hold up its head in civilized society. It isn't householder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21

1. Herbert Hoover was born in California, New York or Iowa?
 2. What name was applied to President Jackson's small group of intimate friends who were said to have influenced the Presidents po- Ltical actions more than did his of ficial Cabinet?
 3. Name the famous document that begins When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the po- litical bands" etc.
 4. Where is the Hayden Plane tarium?
 5. Name the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois.
 6. Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
 T. Oil of vitriol is another name for banana oil, concentrated sul- phuric acid, or Paris green?
 8. Valona is a seaport in Greece, Albania or Italy?
 g. From whom did Joe Louis win the worlds heavyweight boxing championship?
 10. Who composed Moonlight Sonata?
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failure to report is violation of the law and carries heavy penal ties.
 Dominant theme of the scur- rilous literature is racial and ren- gious prejudice More than 60 percent of the committees exhib- its harp on this, 10 per cent played up the war issue, and 15 per cent leveled foul personal at tacks on the candidates.
 All but two of the latter were directed at the president and members of his family. Several contain photographs of Mrs. Roosevelt retouched so as to give her a negrOid appearance. These were widely distributed in the south. Several others printed
 pictures of the president re- touched so as to give him Jew ish cast of features.
 Oddly, despite the furore about "bossism" during the campaign, less than five per cent of the ex- hibits deal with this subject. Also, only four per cent raise the dic- tatorship issue and only six per cent attacked the third term-both major battlegrounds in the cam paign.
 Committee Investigators are of the private opinion that not less than $1O00O,000 was spent for the printing and distribution of scurrilous material during the campaign.
 MERRY-GO-
 ROUND
 Sam Pryor, silver-tongued Na-
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in your tea this evening""
 No wonder she made a man of him. Sweetness is very precious to children; and I should imagine that in later years, as trouble came upon him, he remembered the bit ter tea he had drunk many an evening, because in some way dur ing that day he had been careless or had disregarded the code. It must have been easier for him through the years to take the buffetings of life because this wise nurse had early taught him to reason from cause to effect. He knew that wrong meant punishment. He knew that the tea was bitter not because the family was stingy with sugar or be- cause he had been imposed upon, but because he had been dealt with justly for some wrong doing.
 We all have to drink bitter tea at times, and it is a great help if we really know why the sugar has been left out. The undisciplined always raise a great cry when they discover that sweetness has been withheld
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tional Committeeman from Con- necticut, is pushing lame-duck Governor Baldwin as successor to National Chairman Joe Martin. Some time ago Pryor had his own ambitions for the job, but was stopped dead by blunt warning from midwestern leaders For the fourth time running, Representa- tive Wright Patman, husky Texas crusader, copped the honor of in- troducing the first bill at the opening of congress. AS on the other three occasions, the measure was his hotly controversial chain store tax bill. Second honors went to Florida'S bustling Joe Hendricks with an anti-sabotage proposal .. National Youth Administrator Aubrey Williams has a bow com- ing for 8 really effective defense job. In sixty days he added 50,- 900 youths to the NYA's program of training mechanics for defense industries, at present has 123,oO0 in shops all over the country .. Henry Wallace, annoyed by an in- terpreter who stood beside him and translated his remarks, phrase by phrase, into Spanish, switched and began speaking Spanish him. self. But the interpreter reversed himself and translated the Span ish into English.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21
Drums

lneIe IS aireaoy a trace oI nam m the Wbte peone tteng T1 'e n ''e srgonded grou house while from some offstage jungle comes a monotonous menacing throb of drums. The pacing, white-garbed lead ing man comes to a sudden halt, and barks "Drums Drums! My God, those drums! They seem to be closing in on usl'
 But there is no ham in that situation applied to Ethiopia, with 100000 Italian soldiers and colonistS crouching beyond
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Selected Poem
QUERY TO MY SISTERS

QOEh1 1O MI
 (Marion Koppetl in the New York Sum Actresses We all must be To capture and to keep "he"; Never, oho my goodness, no Must We our true feelings show; Since time began indifference Has been the ideal treatment, hence We must maintain placid calm, Though our hearts leap with alarm Than be without them-what do you say? That the damSels who enact Get their man; well, by and large, Men being, bless them, as they are, I think that I'd prefer by far To be Garbo or Duse Than be without thenl-what do you say?
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the reach of help while all along the borders the Ethiopian warriors, armed and aided by the British and their own deposed but unconquered monarch, Halle Selassie, crowd nearer and nearer. The drums are heard all too literally at the outpost camps, and the Lion of Judah is not alone in the jungle path. There is a British lion at his side. The Italians in Albania and Libya may yet prove to have been the lucky ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21

i Smith, the inaugural Committees
 general chairman on arrangements,
 to see that the visiting dignitaries
 were properly entertained. The job looked simple, at first.
 On inauguration day there would
 be the ceremonies themselves, the
 parade, 8 White House luncheon
 and a White House tea. In the
 evening there was to be a big in-
 augural ball. All in all, everyone's
 time would be thoroughly filled. Then plans for the big ball in
 the evening were canceled. Colonel
 smith and his helpers had to face
 the possibility that two dozen gov-
 ernors would have long evening
 In the capital with nothing to do.
 So they got in touch with the con-
 gressional delegates and the state
 societies and saw to it that some l sort of banquet, ball or coming out party was staged for each of the
 distinguished visitors.
 MAINE AND
 VERMONT AGAIN
 I The inaugural committee had just
 got through signing with relief when
 gap developed in the program for the Sunday preceding inauguration
 day. The committee was throwing
 tea party Sunday afternoon, and Sunday night there was to be the electors dinner, which all the gov- ernors would attend; but from noon
 to 3 p. m. nothing at all was plan ned for their visiting excellencies. Back on the telephone went the volunteer workers, calling up con- gressmen, leaders of state societies, and interested citizens generally, selling each group on the idea that each oyernor ought to have a Sum- day noon luncheon or breakfast lunch party to tide over that gap. With & little sales effort, the idea
 was put over-but the two most striking reactions came, oddly
 enough, from Maine and Vermont. The Maine state society co-op-
 perated harder than any other state
 group, going to the length of send ing a publicity man back home to
 urge folks to come down and see the inaugural and honor Gov. Sum- ner Sewall
 The Vermonters, on the other
 hand, couldn't see the Sunday luncheon project at all. They ex-
 pressed admiration for Gov. William H. Wills, and hoped his stay here
 would be happy; but they were putting on big party for him on Monday night and one party for
 one governor seemed ample. This
 problem was finally solved by stir
 ring up catch-all luncheon for Governor Wills and a few of the territorial governors who wouldn't
 be having any home folks to enter
 tain them in any case,
 HAPPY
 ENDING There were few minor troubles Not until three days before the inaugural did the Indiana so- ciety know definitely that Gov. Henry L. Schricker would be present, but it made its last-minute enter tainment plans without a whimper z. And the Missouri people were in a fix, because right up to the last nobody was quite certain just who the new governor was and hence didn't know who had the right to send down an official representative :. And the Louisiana situation was bit ticklish, because the two senators have been bitter political foes of Gov. Sam Jones. |
 But in the end everything got arranged, and the governors were all taken care of.
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taking care of all the state gover- nors.
 All of the 48 governors were in- vited to com e down and see the in a u gura tion. Slightly more than half accep t ed; most of the rest promised to send t h cir lieutenant governors or other official re presen- tatives.
 It was then up @-
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Daily Almanac
Moon rises 1:l7 a. m.

Moon rises 1:17 a. m.
 Sun rises TIP 8. m; sets 4:56 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The last quarter phase of the moon oc- cured yesterday morning just before 5 o. clock. The outlook for the week is rain, but watch for variations for the next seven days.
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@. What are the color schemes for 1941 automobile license plates for passenger cars in Alaska, Hawaii and the Philippines? Where can I get list of color schemes for all of the States?
 A. Alaska, white on green; Hawaii, cardinal red on rustic gray, and Philippines, gold on celestial blue. A list of colors for 1941 license plates for all of the States, territor- les, Canadian provinces and Mexi- co, may be obtained upon request of the Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. c. Enclose a stamped, self addressed envelope.
 e. When and where were the first British and German airplane bomb- ing expeditions during World War I?
 A. The British executed their first recorded bombing attack on Novem- Der q, 1914, upon the zepplin works at Friedrichshafen, Germany, and the first organized Gerufan bombing expedition was on August 29, 1914, at Compiegne, France.
 O. Can you suggest home meth cd for removing paint from an iron bed?
 A. An alkaline remover in the form of a semi-paste is the most convenient and economical method. Take pounds of quicklime, and slake it so that it will fall to pieces. Then have a solution of two pounds of soda ash or pearl ash in as lit tie water as will dissolve it; add this to the slaked lime, with more wa- ter, until the mass forms semi paste, which may be applied to the surface with a fiber brush. This will soften the paint so that it may be easily removed with stiff brush. If the iron is to be repainted, wash the surface with dilute vinegar.
 @. When and where was Chancel- Tor Engelbert Dollfuss of Austria murdered?
 A. In his room in the Chancelle- rie, Vienna Austria, by Otto Pla- netta. one of group of IA Nazis who forced their way into the place on July 9, 1884, apparently in ex- pectation of capturing the whole cabinet. They were dislodged and captured a few hours later. The| murderer and one of the leaders were courtmartialed and hanged on July 30.
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mold him into strong manhood. If at any time h e displeased her or broke the unwritten c 0 d e which she be- liev ved to be binding among
 English gentle men, she would say, Lad, I'm thinking you'll have no sweet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21
CALLING THE 2O8TH COAST
 ARTILLERY
(Hartford Courantl

The executive proclamation sum- moning the 1O8th Coast Artillery, 0. N. G., for a year of military training at Camp Edwards in Fal- mouth, Massachusetts, ends an un-
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A Thought for Today

And God said Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth: dit was sO.-Genesis l:11.
 Nature Is too thin screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere Emerson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Laboratory" is pronounced lab '-or-a- tori, with the Sec- Ond syllable distinctly sOund- ed, and the pronunciation lab'ra-tory is wrong.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round By
EEA ssrvice he
DREW PEAR s o N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN
WASHINGTON, Jan.

Army ared beautifully
  usually
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from their cup; those who have learned the lesson the old Scotch nurse taught, drink what is set be- fore them and are content.
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National Spotlight
Inauguration Jarnbalaya
 Sr1lothered With Governors
By BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Jan. 2l-Itn be a long time before the people who ran the third term inauguration show forget about the time they had
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
TEA WITHOUT SUGAR
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D

In her delightful poem, ''The White Cliffs" Alice Duer Miller tells of an old Scotch nurse who brought up an English boy and did much to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-21

If you want a copy of the book let PUZZLE WORKERS DIG TIONARY" send to the Water bury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose ten cents in postage.
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
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Questions
 andAnswers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau win answer for you free, any question of fact or tnfOrma- tiOn, not involving extensive re- search. Write your question clear ly, sign name and address, en- close a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot De given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ingtOn, D. c.
 o. What explanation is given for straws and splinters being driven into tree trunks and wooden boards during tornado?
 A. This is explained by the fact that the velocity of the straw or oth- CT small object may be so great that it will penetrate harder body before 1t is crushed. It is the ener- gy with which one body strikes an- other that determines it's piercing effect.
 Q. How man y WPA workers were in the United States in December, 1940, and how many in New York and New Jersey?
 A. As of December 4, 1940, there were 1881, ,866 WPA workers in the United States, of whom 139, 9,249 were in New York and 62,060 in New Jer- Sey.
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Evening star., 1941-01-02
Naming Schools for West
And Donovan Proposed

The Commissioners have urged
the Board of Education to name
two of the Districts new public
school buildings in honor of the
late Henry Litchheld West. former
District Commissioner, and Mai.
Daniel j. Donovan. veteran District
auditor and budget officer. who died
recently.
c. Melvin Sharpe of the Buildings
Board of Education said he thought
the naming of schools for these
two former municipal officials would
be gracious and suitable act and
that he would sponsor the suggeS-
ton
The schools were not specified. Mr.
Sharpe recalled that it is planned
to erect a new junior high school
near Massachusetts avenue and Ma
comb street NV.
Under the rules of the Board of
Education schools cannot be named
for living persons, and those to be
honored must have been dead at
least two years.
The Commissioners have received
from the Keystone Automobile Club
a suggestion that the east building
of the Municipal Center, which is
to be placed in use early this year,
be called the safety building. since
it will house the Police. Fire, Health
and Vehicles and Traffic Depart
ments and Offices of the Board of
Public Welfare.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
New Auto Lien Law
Goes Into Effect

Requirements of the new District
automobile lien law, which went
into effect yesterday. were pointed
out by William j. Thompkins. re-
corder of deeds.
All liens including assignments
and releases. on motor vehicles and
trailers, must be entered on the
certificate of title of each vehicle
affected. and until so entered no
lien is recorded.
No certification will be made by
the department of deeds as to lien
records prior to January /. 1941.
Inquiries and searches of previous
records must be made in the chattel
department of the recorders office
at 412 Fifth street NV.
A certificate of title should ac-
company all liens presented for rec
ord. The recorder assumes no re-
sponsibility for the recordation of
liens left with this department with
out the certificate of title of the
vehicle to which they refer.
The new law prescribes certain
priority rights for recorded liens.
A lien presented for record without
its certificate of title is not entitled
to be entered on the certificate
ahead of liens presented with a
certificate of title.
Evening star., 1941-01-02

A boy, at 9 m, to Mrs. William
Halle. 1924 Twenty first street NV,
at Freedmens
A boy, at 9:l2 m. to Mrs. George
Evans, 20 Seventeenth street Sc, at
Columbia.
A girl. at 900 a IN, to Mrs. How
ard Curley. 8ll Thirteenth street
NV, at Gallinger.
A boy. at 933 am, to Mrs.
Charles M. Free, 723 Tenth street
Sc, at Sibley.
A girl at l0:43 m. to Mrs. John
Pitner, 1850 Foxhall road NV, at
Gallinger.
A girl, at ll:25 am. to Mrs.
Thomas Cullen, STOP North Sew
enth street, Arlington, Va, at Sib-
lev.
A girl, at noon, to Mrs. Billie
Vincent, 1905 Olive street NE. at
Garfield.
A girl, at 1905 pm, to Mrs. Vir-
ginia Coffery, 6S Third street NE.
at Gallinger.
A boy, at 800 pm. to Mrs Lita
Halliday, 2504 Fourteenth street
NV, at Columbia.
A boy. at 1925 pm, to Mrs. Will
liam Dodge, 38l7 Beecher street
NV, at George Washington.
A girl, at 542 pm, to Mrs. Ward
Bennett. 701 Longfellow street NV.
at Providence.
A girl, at 6:2S pm, to Mrs. Carl
Johnson, 2008 D street NE, at
Providence.
A boy, at $50 pm. to Mrs Gerald
Whitaker, Westwood drive, Friend
ship Station, D. c., at George Wash
ington.
A boy, at 6:37 pm. to Mrs. George
jenkins, 336 F street NE, at Gal
linger
A boy, at 6:48 pm, to Mrs. Orosria
Smiraldo, l35 D street Sc, at Provi-
dence.
A boy. at 8:l4 pm, to Mrs. Otto P.
Werle. Oxon Hill, Md, at Sibley.
A girl at 8:17 pm, to Mrs. Ray
mond F. Poore, 314 Seventeenth
street NE, at Sibley.
A boy. at 9:l0 pm, to Mrs. An
drew RuSevlyan, SIG Third street
NV, at Sibley.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Streets Are Selected
For Coasting When
Snow Arrives
Maj. Brown Announces
Areas to Be Roped OFF
In All Parts of City

Although Weather Bureau fore
ate prospect OF snow. Police Supt.
Ernest w Brown yesterday named
sections of many of the city's streets
which have been designated by Traf-
fc Director William A. Van Duzer
for coastlng when snow arrives.
The streets so designated are in
various sections of the city. although
ing in No. l precinct area, cover
ing the downtown and central sec
tions of the city.
The streets named are to be roped
off, when there is sufficient snow
for coasting, from to II pm each
day except Saturdays and Sundays.
On those days and holidays coast
ing will be permitted from 10 am.
to II pm, Maj. Brown announced
The streets named are as follows:
Bates street, from building No. Is
to No. II NV; Fenton street. be-
tween North Capitol and First
streets NE: N street, from South
Capitol to First streets S.W; Ninth
street, between C and D streets
S.W.: Thirteenth street between
Kalmia street and Eastern avenue
NV; Oglethorpe street. from First
to Third street NV: Piney Branch
road. from Buchanan to Decatur
street NV; First street from Emer-
son street to Gallatin street NV.
klingle street, from Fifty-hrst
place to Macomb street NV: Gar
field street, from Forty-fourth street
to New Mexico avenue NV; w
street. between Thirty ninth place
and Huidekoper place NV: Galena
place. from Potomac avenue to Dor
Sett place NV: Forty-Second street,
from Tunlaw road to Davis place
NV: Brandywine street. from
Broad Branch road to Chevy Chase
parkway NV: Tenth street, from
Maryland avenue to G. street NE:
Oates street, from Trinidad avenue
to Sixteenth street NE; Twenty
third place, from Benning road to E
street NE; Queen street, east from
dNcIluc W olHltcIlIl street
NE.
Eighth street. from Shepherd to
Taylor street NV; Third street,
from Allison to Webster street NV:
High street. from Maple View place
to w street Sc; R street, from
Naylor road to TWenty-frst place
Sc; Hillcrest drive from w street
to Twenty eighth street Sc: Forty
fourth street, from Eads street to
Hays street NE.
Newton street. between Fourteenth
and Eighteenth streets NE: Bryant
street. between Lincoln road and
Fourth street NE; Twenty-sixth
street. between Hamlin and Vista
streets NE; Central avenue. be-
tween Brentwood road and Carlton
avenue NE; Thirteenth street, be-
tween Irving and Kearney streets;
Fourteenth street, Quincy street to
Michigan avenue NE. and Barry
place, from Georgia avenue to Ninth
street NV.
Evening star., 1941-01-02
Arlington, Montgomery
And D, {. Schools Open

Arlington school officials were
flooded with telephone calls today
when it was announced erroneous
" in the press and over the radio
that Arlington schools would not
open until Monday.
School opened today, however, as
not only thousands Of Arlington
County school children, but also
the Districts $4,000 and thousands
more in Montgomery County, Md,
returned to their books after the
To-day Christmas holiday.
On the other hand. however, the
Districts 10000 parochial school
children do not have to return to
the classroom until Monday. The
same is true of pupils in Fairfax
County and Alexandria. Va, and
Prince Georges County. Md. Pri-
vatc schools crlstOmarily extend their
vacations well past New Year Day.
In Alexandria and Fairfax Coun-
ty school officials said they had
extended the vacation until Mon
day because It was felt attendance
would not be so good" today and
tomorrow. Prince Georges County
officials said simply they wanted
to give the school children little
extra time.