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that would very shortly command the highest salary ever paid base ball player. It is even more likely, however, that within year or two the baseball magnets would mutual ly agree to eliminate him from the game. That abundance of ability would constitute unfair competition, human nature and gifts being as they are.
 Every game Is a reproduction of life. The daily game of living goes along very much like baseball game with its ins and outs, its strikes, its foul tips, its hot ground CTS which are hard to negot fate. Men slide the bases in life the same as they do in baseball. One of the most disconcerting things for player is to give the ball an awful clout and then have an out-fielder pick 1t off the fence. Every sales man knows what 1t is to have had a prospective sale ruined in like fashion.
 Every man gets home run once in a while, but even the best get few. Don't worry If you cant knock them every day. Neither can any- one else. And don't expect @ hit every time you come to bat.
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Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. When an automobile takes . curve at high speed, do the inside or outside wheels tend to lift off the road?
 2. Was the first order number drawn in the Selective Service lot tery of 1940, l58, 258 or 358?
 3. Which British royal houses fought the Wars of the Roses?
 4. Tn which Presidential carn- paign and by what party was the slogan: We stand at Armageddon and we battle for the Lord?"
 s. Celesta is a chandelier, key board instrument with pianolike ao- ton, or Q vegetable?
 6. Name the eight states begin ming with the letter M.
 2. What is the approximate nu- merical value of Pi?
 8. What isalnd is ricknamed Pearl of the Antilles?"
 9. In which opera is the famous Anvil Chorus" sung?
 . 10. Men assigned to K. P. duty in the army kill pigeons, collect papers or work in the kitchen?
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along the Atlantic coast reaching only from Boston to Neport News, Va.
 Army officers say that to de- fend this vital region against Nazi bombers and foreign attack would require 8 concentration of mili- tary force larger than our present army.
 The swivel -chair brass hats are trying to wriggle away from the mounting criticism by claiming that for the sake of speed they placed the orders where industry was already located But what they don't reveal Is that even on this basis the East Coast got far more than its share.
 In 1889, before the emergency, East Coast states were respon- sible for 48.7 per cent of the total of new manufacturing In the United States. When 1t came to defense orders, in the last half of 1940, these states received 6I.0 per cent OI aiI cOh" tracts awarded.
 In contrast, the North Central states, which added g per cent to manufacturing facilities in 1889, received only 3S.4 per cent of defense contracts awarded in the last half of 1940. This ex- cludes aircraft and shipbuilding, which the Army and Navy say must be built at existing sea- board plants.
 NEW ORDER
 Since January, however, there has been a slow but steady change in favor of the Midwest. Army brasshats apparently have begun to realize what they had been do- ing.
 Atlantic seaboard states still lead, but have dropped to 5S.l per cent of the total defense orders. Middle Atlantic states fell off II per cent to 2S.4 per cent; those in the South Allan tic section. dropped 1.3 per cent
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o. How long has the "pearl-es- sence" finish on automobiles been used? Does 1t contain ground fish scales?
 A. Pearl lacquer has been used on special jobs by most automobile manufacturers since 1882 and 1t has also been used as a novelty finish on tops of clothes hampers, stools, etc. The finish is obtained by build. ing up solid color foundation and applying the pearl essence over 1t This essence is not ground fish scales, but is obtained from mem- branous layer of fat underneath tho scale which contains a tiny crystal known as guanin.
 e. Which three states have the largest water area?
 A. Minnesota leads with 3,824 square miles of water surface; Flor. ida Is second with 3,805 square mila and North Carolina is third with 3, 686 square miles.
 O. Is the widow of a Spanish American War veteran entitled to { Government pension even If he marriage did not take place untS 1885?
 A. No; she must have marricA the veteran before September 1, 1923
 e. How cold does 1t get in Ice- land?
 A. Iceland is on the fringe of tn. Arctic Circle, but the climate is moderated by the Gulf Stream. Tn ReyKjavik, the capital, the coldest month, January, has mean tenn perature only two degrees below freezing, and in July the average temperature is about 52 degrees F.
 e. What was the order of birth of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's children?
 A. Anna Eleanor-May 3, 1906 James-December 23, 1907; Frank lin D.-March IS, 1909 (died No$ vember, l909); Elliott - September 23. 1910; Franklin D. August i4, 1914; John A.-March l6, 1915.
 If you want your Spring
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 Democrats Washington Bureau,
 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington,
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figured 1t was a crude joke to scare Tenerowicz.
 LABOR AND DEFENSE
 Officers of the Army or Navy, steamed up with the defense ef- fort, get severe jolt when they run up against labor union rules which remain rigid regardless of emergency.
 The Washington Navy Yard, for instance, Is being expanded and improved. Tn the course of this work, some piles were being moved and u pile-pulling "rig" began to yank 6 pile from. the river bed.
 Just then union carpenter ran up waving his hands. "Wait!" he said, "wait, you haven't got enough men on that job! The rules say you've got to have five pile-drivers and q foreman"
 The work was halted and the carpenter produced his book of union rules. He was right. The rules specified that regardless of the fac5 that a machine did all the work, there must be no less than six men, including a fore- nun, on the job.
 Result was that six carpenters were called off their work in an adjoining building and stood around, while the machine pro- ceeded to pull the pile out of the river bed.
 FOREIGN PROPAGANDA
 Despite the Post Office Depart ment's recent crackdown on foreign propaganda. 1t continues to pour in from Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan at the rate of more than ten tons a month.
 Acting under @ provision of the international postal code, Post master General Frank Walker mo- tified the totalitarian powers last month that he had burned fifteen tons of their literature. Since then another ten-ton batch has been seized and destroyed, but the flow continues.
 Postal officials have made an interesting discovery in their inspection of Soviet pr0pa- ganda. The bulk of 1t Is being mailed from Tokyo and other Japanese ports instead of from Russia, which makes officials believe that the Japanese and Russians have 8 secret working arrangement.
 Every piece of foreign matter entering this country now is in- spected by customs and postal officials. Anything found to contain propaganda is burned im- medaitely, except certain items turned over to the FBI for inves- tigation.
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LESS POETRY, MORE BACON
(New York Sun)

Word that the Yankees have "sold" Babe Dahlgren tends to con- firm an uncomfortable suspicion that there is no poetry whatever in the soul of big league baseball. It is of record that Dahlgren is no great shakes at the bat. Now and then he does get hold of one and slams 1t to the distant spaces, but now and then seems not to. be enough. A reasonable surmise is that the l94l season will not be open long before first base at the Stadium will be occupied for the home nine by some exceedingly burly young man with habit of knocking the ball clear out of the park. But something nevertheless will have gone that the discriminat- ing will surely miss.
 When Dahlgren runs back far to his right and snares liner ticketed for two bases 1t is an epic in action. His fielding of balls hit at his feet Is a sonnet. His left-handed stab of a had throw for a put-out Is lyrical. Anybody who supposes that poetry is merely a matter of rime and scansi0n has never seen the Hahe m one of his good days. But
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CONNECTICUT IN THE WAR
(Bridgeport Post)

tbriugepOrt fOSCJ
 We're in the war but not in the war. Over 5000 Connecticut Na- tional Guardsmen are being in- ducted into the United States army today. Most of them are destined for Camp Blanding in Florida where conditions are said to be pleasanter than at Fort Devens in Massachu- sets. We hope so.
 With these boys will go the best wishes of a myriad of mothers, fathers. sisters. brothers. uncles, cousins and just plain friends and citizens. To: 1t Is gradually passing through the minds of the American public that through one means or another we have edged into this European war SO far that we are not likely to edge out
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Views Of The Press

this is a hard, cold and materialistic world. It esteems triples more highly than 1t csteems triolets. It may be polite to bards but 1t throws up its hat and yells in honor of base hits. If the boy who succeeds the Babe at first for the Yankees knows what is good for him, his production of bacon will need to be constant and monumental.
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Current Comment

We accept no government but democracy, and I cannot stress that fact to strongly. --Rudolfo Michels. new ambassador
 from Chile.
 The American cooperative move- ment should take the initiative in reyivlng international cooperative trade when the war is oyer. --Waling Dyktsra, former manager
 International Cooperative Trad
 ing Agency, London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

Parking meters seem to be here to stay in Waterbury. The majority of motorists using them are well satisfied with the results. There are complaints, of course. There will always be the chronic con- plainers. But the meters supply distinct means of controlling parking along out main streets and we'd say they are doing it without an awful lot of trouble or eX- pense to all concerned.
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Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau will answer for you free any question of fact or infOrma. ton, not involving extensive rec search. Write your question clear" Iy, sign name and address, enc close Q three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot Do given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash- ingtOn, D. 0.
 e. Did Patrick Henry, author of the words Give me liberty or give death," own any slaves?
 A. He started life as a poor boy but at the age of IS he marrieH Sarah Skelton who brought him t- dowry. The young couple started with six slaves and 300 acres of very poor land.
 o. Has the War Department stopped the purchase of discharges by enlisted men2
 A. Yes.
 e. Where and when were Ron. aid Reagan and Jane Wymnn mar ried, and how old is their child?
 A. They were married in Glen, dale, Calif.. January 26, 1940. Their daughter was born January 4, 194l.
 @. What is the political com- plexion of the present Congress?
 A. Senate: Democrats 66; Re- publicans 28; Progressive 1; Inde- pendent 1. House of Representatives Democrats 268; Republicans 162; Progressives 3; Farmer-Labor 1; American Labor Party 1.
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises i2:15 a. m.
 Sun rises 5:58 a. m: sets sos p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The moon entered Us last quarter phase this morning shortly before 10 o'clock. Look for a continuation of the mixed weather we have been recently enjoying. Another one of those east winds might bring more snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

out the neces- sary plums to get armed forces and war indus | r y workers properly s h el = tered. If there Is only confu- sion in numbers, the answer will be otherwise. As defense housing might easily be- come a bottle- neck, it's well to take a look at the situation.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

The very pest players in the b business fre- quently s t k e out, or are put out in some oth- CT way, even be- fore they get to first base. No man can make @ hit every time he comes to the bat. The player
 who could do
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National Spotlight
Trailer Camps vS. Permanent Homes Scrap Enlivens
 Big Drive for Defense Housing
BY PETER EDISON (Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrraspOndent)

Washington, March 19-If there is strength in numbers, the IS sepa- rate government agencies now hav- ing finger in the defense housing nropram pie should be able to pull
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A Thought for Today

That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or wOman.-ChrOnicles 14:l3.
 One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers diadem upon an- other.-Juvenal.
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puller-ou is Charles F. Palmer, Atlanta real estate man, who holds the position of defe rse housing CO., ordinator. If you have wondered what these co-ordinators do in the defense organization setup, you'll see that the answer is: plenty.
 Palmer doesn't administer one cent of the half billion dollars avail able for defense housing, but he is responsible for making the housing program and then co-ordinating the work of IA other governmental agencies, all with share of the job.
 S357 MILLION OR MORE
 FOR DEFENSE HOUSING
 Just recently, the President pull ed this housing co-ordinating job out of the Knudsen- -Hillman O. P. M. defense organization, gave Palm CT real authority, responsible only to the o. E. M.-Office of Emerg- ency Management - which is the holding company headed by one
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S357 MILLION OR MORE FOR DEFENSE HOUSING

EDITORS NOTE: Defense housing chart appears on Page 4. of today's Waterbury Democrat.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

IN BASEBALL PARLANCE
 An examination of the batting records of the most famous base ball players reveals that a hit IS the exception rather than the rule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-19

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never use the phrases could of, may of, must of; as, "you
 could of come" Substitute have for of.
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of the White House administrative assistants, and this means that the housing program will take orders from only MT. Roosevelt, himself.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
Kent Poultry Raisers
Are Keeping Records
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to all poultry cooperators. and
these books become the property of
those poultry farmers who enroll
in this project each year.
In connection with these records
of receipts and expenditures, COM
parsons are being made also rel
ative to the egg production from
old hens and pullets, and the re-
turns being realized from both the
heavy and light breeds of layers.
Records are obtained each month
regarding the total number of
birds, average number of layers
per flock, average production of
eggs per bird, and value of eggs per
dozen, in addition to feed and labor
costs, sales of eggs and poultry, and
other items involved in complete
cost record of the poultry business.
Poultry raisers who desire fur
ther information concerning this
project, therefore, are requested to
contact the county extension office
in the postoffice building in Dover,
and record books will be available
for distribution within the next few
weeks. In the meantime the county
agent and poultry specialist will
make an effort to secure additional
cooperators in this project for the
new year beginning October 1.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
DUPONT DEVELOPS
POISON IVY CURE

Poison ivy, bane of picnickers,
suburbanites and vacationists,
seems to have met its Nemesis.
A cream, made by dupont chem
lists to protect the hands and arms
of painters, garage mechanics,
printers and others from CRIME and
stains, has been found to give ex-
cellent protection against ivy pois-
on, as we'll. The discovery was
made by highway workers who
clear away brush along roadsides.
They report excessive perspira-
tion or contact with water will
break the protective film, so Sec
ond application is necessary If the
hands become wet. However, this
feature insures the easy removal
of the cream, known as "ProTek"
and of any CRIME and ivy poison
which may have accumulated. You
simply wash your hands when the
job is done, and away goes the pro-
tective cream and foreign matter,
leaving the skin clean and unharm-
ed
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
Sheriff E. F. Pepper
Celebrates Birthday
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Sheriff Pepper has for many
years been one of the outstanding
Democratic workers of. Upper Days
boro District.
He married Miss May Bunting
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Bunting, of Stockley, on July g.
1920, the ceremony having been
performed by the Rev. Mason of
the Georgetown M. e. Circuit, on
East Pine street, Georgetown.
Sheriff Pepper was the choice of
the Democratic workers through
out the county for the nomination
in the fall of 1910.
He has two children, Charles
Raymond, born on April 25, 1921,
and who assists him in conducting
the broiler business as we'll as
farm operations, and Charlotte
May, born August 3, 1925. who also
assists in the poultry and farm
work.
Mrs. Pepper is a former member
of the Sussex County Democratic
Executive Committee and was
prominent in the councils of the
party in 1933-34.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
Admiral Byrd Will
4 Tell Of AntmcticG
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That in an area protected from
the cold of an ice-cap under foot
and the bitter Antarctic winds, a
Farenheit thermometer will register
120 degrees of heat from the suns
radiation on an antarctic summer
day?
That the Antarctic flying birds,
the snowy petrols and the skua
gulls must journey 100 miles day
to bring food to their young dur
ing the nesting season?
Just bit of supplementary data
incident to the great story of ex-
ploration adventure and discovery
which Admiral Richard e. Byrd
will relate on Monday, September
%, in Seaford at the Layton The
atre at two lectures, one in the af-
ternoon and the other in the eve
ming when he comes to Western
Sussex to tell about the Antarctic
Expedition which has changed the
worlds map. Nine thousand feet
of new motion pictures will illus
tratea Admiral Byrd's thrilling ac-
count.
The lecture is under the auspices
of the Seaford Lions Club, and tic
kets may be secured by writing or
communicating with any member
of the group, or by writing to Tru-
lit w. Tull, club president,
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
Fodder Saving Time
Comes To Sussex Co.
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and left the ears of corn standing
on shredded stalks to be husked in
late October and November. Some
of them did not get the corn out,
as they called it, and placed in
the cribs until the middle of Decem-
ber.
Fifty years ago watermelon par
ties, taffy pullings, cuttings and
cider drinking constituted some of
the pleasures of harvesting the fod-
der. The women folk would make
taffy from Sussex grown sorghum,
have a quilting party or cut apples
to be dried for winter use. The men
folks in the neighborhood would
gather from the different farms and
assist in harvesting the crop.
Jugs of cider could be found at
the end of the corn rows and when
a round was made they would par
take. Sussex applejack Ofttimes
could be found in some of the jugs
and the "fodder-savers" would be-
come happy, working from early in
the evening until midnight.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
Delaware Grid
Team Prepares
For al Season
(contInued from rlrst Parel


With only two veterans lost b.
graduation and two others takeI
into the army, and with a corp oi
promising freshmen expected
prospects for the 1941 campaign
are exceptionally promising. A
squad of 40 candidates, including
q members of last years contin-
gent, reparted this week and made
preparations for the initial drill.
Headed by Bill (Red) Hogan,
triple threat back from Duquense.
Pa, the ball-carrying department
is loaded with sophomore power
and with recruit reinforcements
expected, the Delaware eleven
won't be lacking in offensive
strength.
Faced with a stiff eight-game
card, the Hens will open with Ju-
niata on Frazer Fields on Septem-
ber 81. Three of the five home
tilts, P. M. c., Mt st. Mary's, and
Dickinson, will be played at Will
mington Park, home of the Will
mington Blue Rocks of the Inter-
state Baseball League, while the
site for the Washington College en-
gagement is, as yet, undecided.
The schedule is as follows:
September 27-Juniata, home.
October 4-P. M. c., home.
October 11-Ursinus, away.
October 18-Dickinson, home.
November mt. st. Mary's,
home.
November 8-Swarthmore, away.
November 15-Drexel, away.
November 22-Washington Col
lege, home.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
AT THE LAYTON

Jack Benny is said to be the
funniest thing in skirts in the title
role of "Charley's Aunt" the new
goth Century Fox comedy which
opens at the Layton Theatre. Sea-
ford, Sunday, September z, for
three day engagement. The great
est comedian of our time, Jack Ben
ny is at his best in this film which
also features Kay Francis, James
Ellison and lovely Arlen Whelan.
Be sure to see the picture that
has been shown on the stage more
than any other play with the ex-
ception of Hamlet"
Make a date for "The Layton"
for September z, s or 9.
Milford chronicle., 1941-09-05
INCOME OF DELAWARE
FARMERS IS RISING

Delaware's total farm income
from January to June, inclusive
this year, including government
payments, totaled $9,675,O0O, rep
resenting an increase of $2,191 900
over the same six-months period
in 1889, according to the August
issue of The Farm Income Situa-
tion, published by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture. The, in
come for the same period in 1910
was given as $7,911.O00.
Delaware farmers, according to
the same reports, received almost
double the cash income in June,
1941, over the same period two
years ago. The June, 1941, total
was $1,337,O00; June, 1910, ST.
10000, and June, 1889, $639,O0O.
Cash receipts from livestock and
livestock products increased from
a total of $906,000 in June, 1889, to
$1,1S9,000 in June, 1941. June of
1910 brought a return of $93S,000.
The total income from Delaware
crops alone from January to June,
inclusive, in 1941 was $3,233, 900,
contrasted with $2,457, 900 for the
same period in 1889, and $2,S75,OO0
in the first six months of 1910. Dur
ing the same six-months period in
1941, livestock and livestock pro-
ducts returned $5,97S,0O0 to Del
aware farmers, with S4,342,0OO and
$4,514,000 coming in during the
same six months in 1889 and 1910,
respectively.
Farm marketings in June of this
year were also nearly a million
dollars over the same month in
1899. The total in June, 1941, was
at $2,526,0O0; compared
with $1,545,O00 in June, 1889, and |
$2,O94,0OO in June, 1910.
Government payments to Della
ware farmers, the report states,
we're reduced from $4,000 during
June. 1910. to $4,000 for the same
1941.