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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

A. Send the letter with e brie account of the case, including tht suspects name and address, to tha Chief Inspector, Post Office Depart ment. Washington, D. 0. The letters will be sent to the post office in- spector of your district, who will investigate.
 @. Where does the tea used in this country come from, and how much is imported annually?
 A. China, Ceylon, the Neither lands Indies, Japan ard Britisl India, are the sources of about O. per cent. of the tea imports, which average over 0i,326,o0o pounds year.
 e. Did many railroads maintain systems for their employees prior to the enactment of the Railroad Re- tirement Act2
 A. Pension systems were in effect on seventy.five railroads Of the United States when the Railroad Re- tirement Act was passed
 e. Who played the role of "Uriah Heep" in the photoplay, David CopperAeld," that was produced in lo36?
 A. Roland Young.
 c. Do any of the common acids attack gold9 A. Gold is c noble metal and no common acid will attack 1t. How ever, Q mixture of the common nitric and hydrochloric (rnuriatic) acids will attack gold. The alchem- ists gave this mixture the name "aqua -regia," meaning literally roy al water" because 1t has the power of dissolying gold, whereas neither of those acids separately will do 1t.
 e. What Is the religion and an. ceStry of Senator Arthur F. Van- denburg2
 A. He is 6 member Of the Park Congregational Church In Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is of English extraction on his mothers side and Dutch on his fathers.
 c. Which members of President RooSeyelt'S cabinet have served longestp
 A. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State; Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, and Frances Perkins. Secretary Of Labor, have oil served since the inauguration of President Roosevelt in 1888.
 e. Where and when was the world premiere of the photoplay, Tobacco Road"?
 A. Roxy Theatre, New York, Feb- ruary 20, 1e4l.
 e. From whom Is Delano, Call- fornia named?
 A. It was founded during the U. s. Grant administration and named for Columbus Delano, Sec- retary of the Interior at the time.
 c. Does Doroth Thompson have any children?
 A. She has one son, Michael, by her second husband, Sinclair Lewis.
 If you want . copy of the latest booklet HOUSEHOLD PESTS,
 send to Tho Waterbury Demo.
 crats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. Q. Enclose ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
PRODUCTION TO RISE

Raleigh, N. 0. (UP)-North Caro- ina cabbage production this year Is expected to rise per ent above l04O figures, according to H. C.. Brown, state agriculture department statistician. Brown estimated the 104l crop would total l0,600 tons, compared with an average of $500 tons annually from le3O-30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 10:4s p. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:37 a. m.; sets 500 p. m. (day- light time).
 after sunset
 Weather conditions for the first moons phase of May ran true to form. They were unsettled throughout with showers prevail ing. The second phase should follow Sundays and Mondays pattern, save for local showers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

Are you op- pressed with the feeling that all is hopeless in
 this dark world?
 No, the world ,is not hopeless, because God Is here. The thing that is the mat ter with our lives is that we are sinners. The trouble with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

ness men scat tered aroun q the country as to what consti- tutes @ prior ity" than al- most any other phase of the defense ? r O. gram.
 J C s e D h d'Oakes wants to know W h y he can't get structural steel for an addition to his gadget faakAu.V ~ |. a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

genuine foreign minister to be ape pointed while serving at Rome or the Vatican. However, his pre- decessors, instead of visiting the United States en route home, stopped off at Paris or London. The United States was given 6 wide hearth.
 In the last year. however, two things have happened
 (i) The United States has be- come the transportation hub of the Western Hemisphere. It Is now much easier to travel from Europe to Argentina via New York.
 (2) The United States is now the political, financial and trade center for the entire Western Hemisphere. One hundred and one problems affecting Argentina have to Do settled in the United States.
 FAMOUS sCRUGHAM
 To harassed Argentlnes. worried over the loss of their European markets, there Is one man in the United States next to Roosevelt who is the best known--but unlike Roosevelt, the least loved. He bears the name of Scrugham.
 Most people in the United States have never heard of James Graves Scrugham. But everyone In Argentina has. They know him as the Congressman from Nevada who introduced legislation preventing the purchase of Argen- tine canned beef by the U. s. Army and Navy, and who, if It
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country in the world. If you want to know any more about the Mothers of American Sons, you can come C our meetings any Friday evening iS the Hotel Eltonl Time s:S0.
 Yours very truly,
 MRS. KATHERINE JOHNSON.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Questions
 and Answers
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 The Waterbury Democrat's ser- vice Bureau win answer for yeW free, any question of fact or in- formation, not involving exten. sive research. Write your ques- ton clearly, sign name and aA- dress, enclose Q three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be glv1n. Addrosg Water bury Democrats Washington Ser
 vice Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. o.
 e. How long does it take Co fiy American airplanes across the Att lantic for delivery to the British Air Force? .
 A. The crossing usually requires from 8 to l2 hours. ta
 e. Is there any relation between the weather and cosnic rays, suns spots, or conditions in the extreme upper atmosphere?
 A. None is known to exist, al- though the subject Is still under in- vestigation. The weather ct the surface of the earth does depend vitally upon conditions in higher atmosphere, up to an elevation of several miles.
 e. I received . vicious unsigned letter recently in which the char acter of my fiancee was asSailed. He identified the writing as that of Q young woman he had dates with be- fore he met me. Now this woman is writing anonymous letters to others. Is there anything we can do about 1t?
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Washington Merry-C Co-Round

criticisms dolara
  gravity the necessity United States itself enu
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National 
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CnYresnnnAemk

Washington, May 13 - If volume of mail received is any basis for Judgment, there Is perhaps more confusion in the minds of busi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

GOD PROMISES US VICTORY
 Is life beyond you? DO you feel sometimes you cannot endure It's sorrows? Do you feel you cannot carry the burdens 1t puts upon you?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Always after neither use nor. Do not say, "Neither . cat or dog can see in the dark; "Neither c cat nor . dog, etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

answer may be that we're short of magnesium just now, but an answer of that kind won't sat- isy MT. d'Oakes and 1t isn't ale ways possible to explain to him that the steel is needed to build the shipyards where we'll build the ships to haul the ore to the factory that's being built to pro- cess the magnesium that we're short of.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
A Thought for Today

Therefore shah ye observe all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them: am the LOrd.-Leviticus 10:37.
 Obedience Is the mother of success the wife Of safety,-Aeschylus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13
Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn tO last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

If you want . copy of the latest booklet HOUSEHOLD PEsTS", send to Tho Waterbury Demo. crars Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. 0. Enclose ten cents postage.
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c. Does Doroth Thompson have any children?
 A. She has one son, Michael, by her second husband, Sinclair Lewis.
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Police Boys Club
In Each Precinct Urged
By Bishop Freeman
S53,2l5 Reported Roised
To Dute in Campaign
For 500, 900 Fund

Bishop James z. Freeman called
for a Police Boys Club in each
precinct In an address yesterday
at the luncheon report meeting of
workers In a 100000 campaign for
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club.
With almost 200 professional and
businessmen in attendance in the
auditorium of the National Press
Club, Gordon Leach, secretary of
the boys club, announced that .
total of s53,215 has been raised.
IN our time" Bishop Freeman
said, I'VE can get up more enthu-
siasm for hog cholera and the foot
and mouth disease than for the
greatest problem of all-the care
of our youth" He then advocated
the establishment of Police Boys
Club in each precinct-and rated
such work "as matter of sheer
economy"
"One of the most vital problems
In the world today is youth" Bishop
Freeman said-"not that the youth
of today is worse than when we
were boys-they are not-but con-
ditions have changed so that youth
demands greater guidance. Every
clergyman in America ought to
~,,t =,
children are thinking about. This
would be applied religion. We go
from creeds to bayonets. Now we
must go from the living gospel to
the new age of peace"
S. Burns Weston, assistant chair
man of the Advisory Committee, Ma
tional Youth Administration. was
called upon to tell of his experiences
with the famous Boys Town Clubs
in Cleveland, Ohio, and of his work
with the National Youth Admins
tration. He said that work such as
this being done in Washington Is a
healthy contribution to the strength
of democracy and the democratic
way of life"
Two Weeks More in Campaign.
Before yesterdays report, the sum
collected by the various agencies had
amounted to S43,03730. The Police
Department contributed the greatest
amount to yesterdays report, 1880
for the day. The campaign will end
in two weeks.
R. C. Mitchell was credited with
being the leader of the team cap
tains. turning in so far a total of
50 2,621. Samuel Moores made the in
dividual record for the day with a
total of $3.50
Mrs. Elizabeth Howry, president
of the woman's auxiliary, was in
troduced and made a contribution
in the name of her organization.
Two Western Union messenger boys
Jack Potts and Dick Nunnally-
put on a drive of their own among
the boys who deliver messages in
Washington and appeared with a
contribution of $50.
Evening star., 1941-03-01

disowned by the C. I. o. because 1t
refused an order to send the strikers
back to work, was reported to have
failed in an effort to get an A. F. of
L. charter. The men walked out be-
cause the company refused to hire
six guards from group of former
employees.
The c. I. o. Steel Workers Organ
izing Committee withdrew pickets
from the Carnegie Illinois Steel
Corp. sheet and tin mills at Gary,
Ind, today as gesture of sympathy
10 a plant executive whose father
died.
Since Tuesday pickets have barred
entrance to the plant of all workers
who could not show paidup union
cards. About 1900 of the factorys
5000 employees were reported off the
job. Isaac K. Darbaker died yester-
day at the home of his son, James
M. Darbaker, general superintendent
of the plant. Frank Grider, S. w. o.
c. subdistrict director, Immediately
decreed picketing should cease until
after the funeral tomorrow at VAN
dergrift, Pa.
Bethlehem Truce Approved.
The Bethlehem Steel strike was
halted yesterday about 36 hours
after 1t started. when the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee and
the plant management agreed to ac-
cept a peace formula advanced by
the Office of Production Manage
ment. Under the plan. all employees
will be reinstated. a conference will
be held in an effort to adjust differ
ences and the o. P. M. will explore
with the Labor Board the possibility
of holding a collective bargaining
agency election.
One strike was settled yesterday.
A Today walkout by members of
the international Association of
Machinists CA. F. of L. at the Ma
tional Supply Co., Philadelphia
ended when the company granted
wage increases and met other union
demands. ABOUT 225 workmen were
affected
Evening star., 1941-03-01

strenuous occupations at the ex-
pense of the Vocational Rehabili-
tation Service. Previously a depart
ment of the association handled
the case work on such patients.
The case work, according to the
recommendation, would be turned
over to the Vocational Rehabilita-
ton Service and the association
would simply pay expenses during
the training period.
Another recommendation provides
for supplementing the incomes Of
tuberculosis patients who have been
discharged from hospitals and who
cannot buy arequate food to pre-
vent relapse out of a $48.50 maxi
mum relief allowance. The cases
would be certified by the Public As
sistance Division of the Board Of
Public Welfare and checks from the
association would be delivered
through the Welfare Board. Mr.
Garrett explained that this was a
demonstration project until addi-
tional legal allowance can be made
by the Board of Public Welfare
from official sources"
Monthly Reports Urged.
The two services, for which fund
of $1,000 would be set aside, would
utilize the personnel of the Voca"
tional Rehabilitation Service and the
Board of Public Welfare in making
more effective the existing but in
adequate assistance now available to
the tuberculous and make possible
utilization of association funds for
actual assistance to persons in an
arrested state but subject to quick
relapse" the report states.
A comprehensive outline for the
dissemination of health knowledge
especially to the colored population
was also included in the report.
The committee also recommended
that a written report be made pub
lie every month, portraying all ma
jor executive activities engaged in
and including a financial statement.
For the "streamlined" accounting
practices. the report suggested that
system of purchase orders be in
stituted and a voucher register
opened.
The report closes with a statement
from the committee trusting that
all unpleasantness of the past will
be submerged in recognition of the
cooperative present and future"
NO House Cleaning"
at has been sagely said" the
report concludes, that everything
in this world happens because some
thing else has happened before. Had
the things that happened before
been different, the things that fol-
lowed would not be what they are
The long report also reviewed the
background of the committee from
its original appointment and ex-
planned in detail why the committee
had tried to resign without offering
recommendations.
What we would have proposed, ;
the committee stated, would have
hurt some peoples feelings and per-
SonalitieS would have been confused
with issues. In doing a job which
1T felt should have been done, some
toes would have been stepped or
and the owners of those toes and
their friends would have thought
or tried to make themselves think
that that was the main objective
Commenting on the report, Mr.
Garrett said:
I'VE have done no house clean
ing. We have simply set house
in order"
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Annapolis Housing
Loon Is Approved

A United States Housing Authority
loan of 1927 900 for a defense housing
project for Navy petty officers sta
toned at Annapolis, Md, has re-
ceived presidential approval. the
Federal Works Agency announced
yesterday.
The project will provide so homes
for the families of officers at the
United States Naval Academy and
will consist Of two-story row houses
and fats.
Evening star., 1941-03-01
tuberculosis Report
Reveals Resignation
OF Mrs. Ernest Grant
Director TO Be Replaced
By q New Official; End
Of Health Comp Urged
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lOtIi dSC1
previously in the hands of other
association officials
Administration costs, one Of the
bones of contention in the charges
launched against the association,
will be cut down by the variety of
activities taken over by the execu-
tive secretary as we'll as by stream
lining" of the financial practices of
the association" Mr.. Garrett said.
Mr.. Garrett disclosed that the en-
tire association staff had submitted
designations at the same time as
Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Grant, he said,
had offered her resignation within
"a hours after the Plenary Commit
tee was appointed by the Board of
Directors January 81. Serving with
Mr.. Garrett on the committee we're
DR. Watson w. Eldridge and Will
lard Smith.
Mrs. Grants resignation. accord
ing to the report, was accepted on
the evening of February 19. On the
same evening the Plenary Com
mittee told the board it could not
make the recommendation for
which it had been named and the
individual members resigned as
members of the Board of Directors.
The committee was prevailed upon
to resume its functions and bring
in the report that was made public
today.
Other designations Not Accepted.
The designations of other mem
bers of the staff were not accented
by the directors Mr.. Garrett said
that the personnel would be decided
on by the new executive secretary.
The report, however. provides the
personnel Should be minimaI in
number"
IN announcing discontinuance of
the health camp, the committee rec
commended that the camp facilities
be turned over to a responsible Or
ganlzation for conversion into a con-
valescent hospital for colored chill
oren such as is available to white
children at the Christ Child Con.
valescent Farm.
The committee said the cost of a
health camp was prohibitive for an
association with limited resources:
that the camp touches the lives of
so few people in the District that
1T has no demonstrable effect to-
ward the control of the disease:
that eight weeks in camp were not
sufficient to establish habits calcu-
lated to carry over into good family
health principles and that children
taken from tuberculosis homes to
break contact with the disease had
to be returned to these infected
homes at the close of the camp
season.
Money Could Be Spent Better.
"The $9791 expended per child
during the 1910 season." the report
stated, might have accomplished
great deal more If employed on
more economical projects reaching
larger proportion of the popula-
ton"
The report also pointed out that
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Shivering Legislators Watch
Aberdeen Gun Demonstration

staged the demonstration at the re-
quest of Robert P. Patterson, Under
secretary of War. who attended, as
did Maj. Gen. Charles M. Wesson,
the Army's chief of ordinance, and
Maj. Gen. Richard c. Moore, deputy
chief OF staff.
They and the congressional COM
mittee were given a first-hand view
of high velocity anti-aircraft and
anti-tank guns, light artillery, the
Garand semi-automatic rife and
other weapons.
Shown for the first time were a
20 millimeter automatic anti-air-
craft gun designed for use against
low-f1ying planes and 80 milli-
meter anti-aircraft gun said to be
effective against planes flying as
high as 10000 feet.
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Crosses Exhibited Here
Valued at $1,000, 900

The Leavitt collection of ancient
crosses, valued at s1,000,00 will be
placed on exhibition by the Wash
ington Cathedral during the lenten
season. The exhibit, including
beautifully decorated crosses of var
ious sizes, dating from the 1st
Century to the present time, will
be displayed in the curator's office.
The crosses, many of which are
fashioned of precious metals and
set with jewels, were displayed for
the first time last September on the
33d anniversary of the Cathedral
Evening star., 1941-03-01
Formal Search Ends
For Navy Bomber
sy the Associated Press.

SAN DIEGO, Calf. March l.
The Navy has ended its formal
aerial search for a dive bomber
with two aboard, missing since Mon
day on a routine night fight.
Pilot w. A. Daniel, "a, a native
of Gothenburg, Nebr., and E. S.
Lemort, 81, reenville, s. c.. radio
man, were aboard the bomber, be-
lieved to have crashed into the
ocean off Carlsbad.
The Navy said that although the
formal search was called off, flyers
in that area had been instructed
to look for the plane.
The wreckage of another dive
bomber which crashed on the same
flight was found the next day on
nearby Kearny Mesa. Ensign G.
S. Maxwell, %, Roanoke, Va. pilot,
and E. w. Clary. 10. Baltimore,
radioman, were killed,
Evening star., 1941-03-01

this type Of activity has been
dropped from the authorized forms
of the National tuberculosis Asso-
citation.
Drastic changes in the associa-
tion's program are announced in the
report. Some have already been
put in effect, said Mr.. Garrett, while
others are considered recommenda.
tions to the executive secretary.
The report recommends that "all
policies and procedures in the asso-
ciation's program which involve
medical opinion (such as proper
steps to be taken in case finding)
be in conformity with recommen-
dations solicited and obtained from
the Medical Society of the District
of Columbia and the Medico Chirur-
gical Society of the District of
Columbia"
Recommendations on Funds.
Mr.. Garrett said the association
had never before solicited recon-
mendations or opinions from the
medical societies. He explained that
in the future tuberculin tests and
X-ray programs for case-finding will
be based on medical opinion.
No specific arrangements have
been made in the report for turning
over funds to the District Health De-
partment. Instead, it is recon-
mended that $4,000 be placed in a
special emergency fund
ANY organization coping with the
problem of providing assistance to
the tuberculous and finding that the
meeting of an emergency situation
requires financial assistance unan-
ticipated by the agency" the report
states, may make application to
have such an emergency met by an
appropriation from this emergency
fund"
The report adds that the executive
secretary should acquaint the public
with the necessity for meeting the
situation and provides that should
the emergency be prolonged, other
means should be found"
Emergency Fund.
Applying the provisions of the
emergency fund program to the
Health Department. Mr.. Garrett
said that if the Health Department
asked Congress for an appropriation
which Congress did not allow and
because of that disallowance which
was not anticipated, an emergency
was created, the emergency fund
would be tapped.
The association is now paying the
salaries of two employees of the Dis
trict's tuberculosis clinic and will
continue to do so until the end oi
the fiscal year in June, Mr.. Garrett
said. If provision is not made fol
these clerks in the 1912 appropria.
ton, he added, the Health Depart.
ment could apply to the emergency
fund.
Mr.. Garrett said that Health OF.
flcer George c. Rutland had beer
asked by the committee to submit
his opinion of what the program ano
activities of the association should
be. DR.. Rutland had suggested
said Mr.. Garrett, that association
funds be used to supplement the
services of the Health Department
where District appropriations were
not forthcoming.
Maintenance Expenses.
The report recommends that the
association pay maintenance ex-
penses for tuberculosis patients
whose disease has been arrested ano
who are receiving training in non-
Evening star., 1941-03-01

plans unless given specific authori-
zation by radio to change them.
These plans cover the route and al
titude of the flight, cruising speed,
the point at which descent begins
for landing and other factors.
Whether these regulations and in
terpretations are considered ade-
quate may be one of the problems
considered in the coming congress
sional probe. 1t has been charged
by Senator McCarran Of Nevada, au-
thor of the Civil Aeronautics Act and
leader of Senate opposition to the
1910 reorganization, that the loss
of the independent C. A. A. and the
Air Safety Board meant the loss of
safety. ....
"The destruction of the Safety
Board was the destruction of safety
In the air." he said.