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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
City Did Itself Proud

Waterbury has reason to be proud of the manner in which its officials, its citizenry, and local members of the Am- erican Legion, as we'll as other veterans organizations, conducted themselves last week throughout the duration of the Legion's state convention. All during the several days during which various activi- ties were going on here it was noticeable that the city had extended most hearty welcome to all visitors This friendly feel ing was apparent right up until Monday morning when the 208th Field Artillery left the city for New Haven.
 Waterbury has always had the reputa- tion of being friendly city and people who have come here as complete strangers hove gone away delighted with, their reception We should endeavor to keep up this reputation. It's a good one to have and makes friends for the city and It's residents. Once we outgrow such ten dencies as this and become simply great metropolis with little time for associating with our neighbors we lose all identity as a real American community.
 We think that the city gave the Amerl- can Legion one of the best receptions ever accorded for a state convention. We cer- tainly think all those who participated so whole -heartedly in all of the activities are deserving of plenty of credit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

teeth, as aimless and indecislve Some of the same people who criticized the de- stroyer-bases deal as arbitrary, now argue that in some way advantage is being talk en of Congress because the President has put squarely up to it the decision as to whether soldiers shall remain soldiers while the menace which made them sol diers continues to exist.
 Lincoln once said to a military com mander accused of seeking military dic- tatorship, "Give us victories, and will risk the dictatorship" So today. Give us against any possible aggression, that will prevent imitation and avoid the obvious perils that surround us, and we will risk our freedom. Nobody is going to take away American freedom, because Amer jeans love it. and are resolutely deter mined to keep it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Timely Advice

We are quite in sympathy with High Sheriff J. Edward Slavin's pleas to the general public to ignore the outstretched paws of that particular group of individ- uals who apparently exist on the gen. erosity of their fellowmen. You know the ones we mean-they greet you as you move down the main street busily intent on some pursuit by sidling close to your elbow and gently but persuasively urging you to help along their cause with a nickle, dime and even quarter on oc- caSionS.
 The number of times you may be ap- preached in this manner depends on variety of circumstances. Some times a good customer will be "nicked" as many as four or five times before he has gone block. That's because he's marked man and every "bum' in the town knows him as mark" He just can't resist the ap- peal or else he feels that this is one way of easing his conscience with regard to helping out his unfortunate felloWman.
 Tn good times like the current ones you're not so apt to be touched" as you will when money is scarce and jobs are few and far between. But there still are number of gentlemen of the street who manage to make somewhat precar1ous but nevertheless satisfactory livelihood simply by asking for handouts" The High Sheriff of New Haven County says there are enough jobs now for these fel- lows to find employment. He thinks that if they had jobs and were forced to remain at them there'd be fewer inmates in the county iails. He asks public support of a drive to ignore the outstretched hands of the able bodied panhandlers. It sounds like something worth doing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Game Two Can Play

A year ago the United States awoke to realization that it was playing the Nazi game in Latin America, and play ing it unconsciously. A large percentage of sales of U. s. goods was funneling through German agents and jobberS, most of whom were doing Axis work. Something has been done. More than 1000 U. S. accounts have already been taken away from agents in Latin America whose sympathies or activities or both were anti-American and pro-Axis. More will be similarly removed and placed in new hands. The American blacklist now contains 5000 names.
 It is harsh business - not the kind of business the United States likes. But the conduct of Germans in the Americas left no choice We like to think of busi- ness as business. When others make business politics, they ask for political retaliation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

Vulnerable targets along the Atlantic coastline may not be asked to hold "black- outs" in preparation for the real thing if we are involved in shooting war. A plan is now being considered which would call for a new method of "blacking out" This would not be complete darkness for the areas where real or simulated attacks are occurring, but would consist of new type of lighting for vital areaways, such as entrances to subways, hospitals, police stations. Experiments are now being made with a new type of light which could be used satisfactorily for such purposes and yet not expose areas to afr attacks. It sounds like good idea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
When the Nazis Were Late

The Nazis don't always move first, ac- cording to H. A. Peterson, Australian trade commissioner at Batavia, Java Ac- cording to Peterson, they moved second in the Netehrlands East Indies, and landed in concentration camps. A plot of local Germans, hundreds of them we'll armed and equipped, had been formed. On word that Hitler had invaded the Low Countries, they were to seize Batavia and Sarabaya. But word of the invasion came first to the Dutch authorities, by code cable from Holland. They moved first, swooped down on the plotting Ger mans, seized their stores of guns and am- munition and clapped them all into con- centration camps. Hitler moved first in Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland-the list is too long to recount but it is pleasant to record that there is at least one place where they got the jump on him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

Encroachment on public parks in the interest of national defense is causing re- sentiment in some circles, particularly in our larger cities. Down in New York, for example, the Park Association of New York City, Inc, has already taken steps to safeguard all public areas against any possible decision to utilize them for more practical purposes. And efforts are being made, too, to have city authorities con tinue to regard the recreational program as just as important as any for national defense. The well being of the populace certainly demands that in serious times like the present ones when so many people are working long hours at harder tasks that every effort be made to provide suit able recreation for them in the few hours they can devote to such pursuits. In the industrial areas this should be of con- siderable concern to every city and town official It's something that can't be over looked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

It was her Senatorial colleague, Tom Connally of Texas.
 ''T see you were dancing" said Senator ConnalIy.
 Hattie smiled. "If that's what you want to cali it, she re- piled.
 NOTE: Mrs. Caraway now has been in mourning for ten years. MERRY -GO-ROUND
 Polit.ccs of both parties are watching with, keen interest the attempted comeback campaign of former Representative Tom Am lie of Wis, running for the seat of the late Representative Bol- les. Reason for their interest is that Arnlie, a fighting Progressive, is making the race as a Demo- crat, ai1 experiment that If SuC- .cessfill will be followed in next years regular primary by num- Der of other Progressive Party leaders who are fed up with the isolationist-appeasemert stand of the LaFol,ette brothers. This bolt Is being warmly encouraged by Wisconsin Democratic leaders. i. |. While Army brasshats were argu- ing over the merits of gliders, group of National Youth Admiil- istration students near Chelsea, Michigan, built two latest model gliders and have begun the con- struction of several more.
 (Copyriehted, 194l, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Sole Guarantee of Liberty

Only one kind of people is going to emerge from the current world crisis with their freedom, and that is the people who want and are resolutely determined to keep it. There has been genuine concern on the part of thousands of American citizens as to whether they are losing our liberty. We have complete confidence that we are not. The source of that con- fidence lies in the conviction that the American people love their freedom and are determined to keep it. It is certainly true that in the present acute condition of the world power tends in all countries to concentrate. The most democratic countries in the world facing predatory countries organized for nothing but stark, realistic action, have had to place them selves in a position to act with equal de- ciSion That means temporary surrender, to certain extent, of ordinary demo- cratic procedures.
 This is not as new to the United States as some of us like to fancy. Wendell Will kie recently made this clear in pointing out that almost all of the great decisions which have placed the United States in it's present world position, were executive decisions. The Monroe Doctrine, the Open Door Policy, the expulsion of Maximilian from Mexico, the Panama Canal-al these things were done without waiting for extended debate. Yet today, by and large, the American people believe they were well done.
 Today there is a strange inconsistency about these things. Some of the same people who have criticized the President for assuming too much power criticize in the same breath the efforts to control the price spiral as not having enough
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Current Comment

 Without in any way trying to de- preciate the preparedness of the Japanese, I still maintain that, ow- ing to technical inferiority, she is bound to be beaten in any war with the United States.
 Sir Victor Sassoon, British
 banker in the Far East.
 Our national pulse beats stronger, more determined than ever before. As united people we endure this trial.
 Queen Wilhelmina of the
 Free Netherlands.
 No air force can be expected to expand a number Of times and maintain the same low accident rate 1t hes fought for years to es- tablish.
 General Marshall. chief Of &taAe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

Yet it is. one of things upon which our Lord Himself laid great emphas- is. He frankly said that, He did not know when it would occur. This knowledge, He declared, was in the counsel of the Heavenly Father only. What He did say, however, with directness and earnegtness we should never forget, was that we should al- ways keep ourselves in readiness TOT His return. Unless we are wrong in our understanding of His teachings, He certainly counseled men against trying to anticipate the times and conditions upon which His return depended. But He was very insist ent that they should be diligent, sine cere, prayerful. and full of faith so that no matter on what hour His re- turn occurred, they would be ready.
 They were to be like servants. awaiting their Lord when He re- turned from the marriage feast. Their loins were to he girded and their lamps burning. They were to watch, for they knew not the time nor the hour.
 All Rights Reserved Dabson News paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

It was scathing, carefully worded blast against Japan.
 At the opposite end of the table stood three Japanese newsmer, affable, eager. For months and years they had been attending press conferences, given the same privileges as any American news men. For months also they had awaited for some such bombshell.
 Now it came.
 One split second after Welles finished reading his statement, the Japanese were out the door, pat tering down the marble corridor to the press room telephones. It was 8 big day for Japanese news men.
 FINALLY ICKES WINS
 It was also a big day for cer. tain members of the Roosevelt cabinet. For months and years they also had been waiting. For months and years also they had been urging Roosevelt to embargo oil shipment to Japan.
 At the Friday cabinet meeting just before Japan moved, Secre- tary Ickes, as new oil admins trator, raised the embargo ques- ton again. He proposed to stop oil shipments to. Japan. But the Acting Secretary of State said no. On Monday, he said, Japan was going to make move toward Indo- China and 1t would be wiser to wait until then.
 Once before, Ickes had stopped a shipment of oil to Japan and aroused the wrath of the State Department. Last June HNila- delphia manufacturer complained to him that a Japanese ship was loading 24o,0oO gallons of lubricat- ing oil.
 T can't get oil myself to speed
 up my own defense orders."
 wrote the manufacturer, land yet I sec in front of my nose this shipment of oil going to Japan. To hell with defense, if the government is as screwy as that" -
 So Ickes called the Coast Guard and asked them to act before the oil was loaded. They did.
 Then things began to boil. It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

Q.How can an employer protect himself from employing a childjAsn- der the legal age specified by tpg Fair Labor Standards Act? -p
 A. By requiring Certificate .Qk Age issued in accordance with reSr ulations of the Children's Bureau of the United States Department Gf Labor. showing that the child is above the legal age for enplcynleNb in the occupation in which he is engaged. He should keep this cer7 tificate on file.
 Q. will you please give the names of the members of the cab~ inet of Jefferson Davis when he first took office as President ofntiie Confederate States? -:
 A. Robert Toon1hs, secretary of State; L. Pope Walker, Secretaryanf War; c. J. Memtninger, Secretary of the Treasury; John H. Reagan. Postmaster General Stephen R. Mallory. Secretary of the Navys Jli- dah F. Benjamin, Attorney General,
 o. On the command Eyes. Right!p does the man on the ex-. treme right of a line turn his head to the right CT continue to look straight ahead?
 A. He looks straight ahead, -fS
 c. Which States subscribed < to the Articles of Confederation of l77SS Was Vermont one of thernaral
 A. The States that subscribed were New Hampshire, Massachnr setts-Bay, Rhode Island and Prov- idence Plantations, Connecticut New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvaia- Ia, Delaware, Maryland, virgifaias North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Vermont did net sign.
 e. What are the requirements for applicants for the flying cadet corps? s.ss,.
 A. They must be between the ages of 20 and % years and untnaf- ried, and must have 3 years of col- loge training, or be able to pass.Ef examination in lieu thereof They must pass a rigid physical exails nation, and must agree to serve three years as a Reserve Officer ill the Army Air Corps. ~
 EDITORS NOTE-H you arc de- sirous of securing this weeks papu. lar booklet, "Armed Forces of Tho United States, address ,F. M. Kirhy. Dept. B-190, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. C., with 10 cents tC. cover postage. M .r-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Press Comment
ECONOMICAL DRIVING
(Hartford Courant)


 Connecticut might well follow the example of Massachusetts in adopting a formal program to teach automobile drivers how to cut down on their gasoline bills. The immediate purpose of the campaign. of course, is to seek to Stave off rationing, although the experience of England in 1899 ard of this country in the last war indicates that rationing may not be avoid ed by more economical driving and other informal means of reducing consumption. None the less, every gallon that can be saved by a mo- torist eases the pressure on the limited supply and at the same time saves him money.
 The American Automobile As- sociatioHl has collected some con- vincing statistics to indicate where the greatest wastes are. It fig ures that the average motorist could save 8 to 10 per cent on his pres- ent gasoline bill by simply having his motor and equipment checked by a trustworthy mechanic. The AAA has made careful tests to de- terfmine the effect of speed on gasoline consumption. A car that will make lS9 miles to the gallon at 20 miles an hour will go 14.6 miles to the gallon at fifty and about ten at seventy: incident ally the slow driver saves on oil and repair bills as well as on gas- oline, and he is far less likely to have to meet hospital and court bills in the bargain.
 "Jackrabbit" starting is hideous- ly wasteful. So too, is sudden acc celeratiOn while under way. A reas- onably good test of 8 drivers abiI- ity to drive economically is his use of the brake, for every time that pedal Is pressed, energy that gas- cline has been burned to create is wasted. The driver who starts like a sprinter and keeps at the up- per limit of safe speed so that he Is forever being compelled to jam on the brakes is tapping his pocketbook unnecessarily, besides making g confounded nuisance of himself.
 Who has not noticed that dif- ferent members of family using the same car get astcnishingiy varied gasoline consumption flg- uress There is Q reason foF the difference that only little thought on the part of the extravagaut driver will make clear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

the knockabout era in which they rose to popularity: the third was. q period Tn which they, and particak- larly FIELDS. capitalized the past In between was the golden age irl which they we're the center of tile| most delightful burlesque colmpats| ever brought together in this couil try. It is nearly forty years sine we saw the last of the Cbnfpetl1 which included Lillian Russell, War field, Collier. sam Bernard, Peter F Daley, Marie pressler -Wh0 tha had q capacity for drplIery was miss ing3 They paEodied the newea melodfama, sonaetiineb e0EiblBin& successful plays like 'sThe sQuaa Man" and "The Girl of the uolde# West.s The book meant little;
 could be ad-'lhbed rsaGieellV lnl* |4he most delicious aasusemenk. A! folk who were lucky enough to in lhozo audiences gre RTag noHf tI
 they have the pleneur1 eg FeeH |ins something lllat waa only 1soa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Selected Poem
sTRATOL1NER AT MIDNIGHT

Gerald Battery in the New York Times) Across the nights its constellation moves Four blue exhaustS in thunderous refrain A starry wing of shining steel that proves Mans right to claim the sky as his domain. The vibrant roar that marks its steady climb will dim with distance, and the flame will fade Into the darkened miles of space and time, For man is fleet and will not be delayed Above the flight of wind or cloud or bird Through airless bleak abysses of the sky Into world where life has never stirred Man with his restless heart has learned to fly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

nAhAtUSGt0 A A V efficiency ex- perts. There is 8 little box up at the top for the head man. Then under that is a bigger box for the board of di- rectOrs. Then horizontal and vertical Il nes, and sometimes diagonal lines, run out like the branches of a. family tree to nollnact LID with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

length on this teaching, and there are certain churches where it constitutes al- most the out standing Chris -ttan doctrine. B ut in tn e church at large one does not often hear a ser- mon cn this top Ia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Daily Almanac

Moon sets ll:90 p. m daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:45 a. m.; sets s:il D. m. (day- light time).
 High tide at Milford Wednesday. July 30, 4:l2 D. m. low tide. l0:40 p. m daylight time)
 This summers humid weather may be hard on human beings, but it's working w%sders with vegetation. It has aided heavy plant growth and should mean tremendous vegetable yield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

Already State Motor Vehicles Com. John T. Mccarthy is able to report that gasoline taxes went up even higher during the past fiscal year. It's not surprising for motor traffic along Connecticut highways and streets has certainly been mounting. And such tax increase is going to mean that our highways are just that much better
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
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 O. Is a. former widow Of a N ish-A American War veteran ez1tl = to death pension from the BcyesSis ment? .s.s
 A. under the Act of Nay .. 1e2s as re-enacted by the Act 0f. AsI lS, 1935, death pension may &hs payable to former widow of Spanish American War veteENgs provided she married the Hetb prior to September ls 1922, and pro- vided her subsequent or successiYa marriage or marriages has or have been dissolved either by the death pf the husband or husbands or by; di;S; vorce on any ground except adultery on her part. ,os
 e. Why are railroad crossties. poles, etc, treated with crsosote?
 A. They are saturated with cre-s osote, zinc chloride, or other presery+ atives to prevent decay and destrlc~ tion by insects. The treat1nsnt which Is also used for bridge tiia- bers, poles, pilirg and other woods, more than doubles their seryics life. ss', '.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

R08C AVE tMC 8AaSWGkue esf
 1. What are baseball and football playing fields callede s.
 2. Dutch quarter is a slang e- precision for what display of aifecr ton? l%l
 3. Name the widow of a repre- sentative who recently was elected to Congress.
 4. What is an I. 0. D.? s.,
 5. Which causes silver to tarnisp, oxygen or sulphur?
 6. Tn which city is the famous Little Church Around the Cornela
 T. If a fratricide is one who kills his own brother, what is the name for one who kills his sister? ,s
 8. Name the last president of France. =
 g. Name an important sea in the present war that lies between Eur ope, Africa and Asia.
 10. For what purpose was the Tai Mahal erected? N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Washington Merry Go-Round
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
A Thought for Today

The way of fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearketh unto counsel is wise-PrOverbs 12:15.
 Tn great straits and when hope is small the boldest counsels are the safest-Livy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
. EDISON IN Sh'
 WASHINGTON
BY PETER EDISON waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Washington, July go = Whenever a new government agency is set up in washington, or when an old agency is reorganized, one of the first steps is to prepare Diagram of Organization.
 The form of these blueprints is now fairly well known to cfnce
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29

TODAY's COMMON ERROR. Do net say, "He did justicc top his dinner;" say, @He cH- joycd lis dinner"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
STRENGTH
 FOR THE DAY
WATCH!
By EARL [. DOUGLASS. D. D.

We hear very little in the church at large today about the second com ing of our Lord. There are groups within every church which dwell at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
LRW FEELns, ooLDEN AoE
(NeW YoFk Rnnl

Thsro were three stafes in the careers of JOE WEBER and the lats hNW EzMp4 The first Wai
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-29
Whats Your I. O.?

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