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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

Referring to this topic again it is bare ly possible, barring unforeseen events, that 1922 will establish a new low for the ta- bulated vote as cohtrasted with the reg istered vote That has been indicated all along the line, right here in Connecticut
 It began with the special congressional election in our own district. It has been further emphasized in local elections held since then. War work, intensity of in- terest in winning the war, and the many little items making up our participation in a worldwide war completely blot out campaign interest Take away the or ganized effort to get out the vote, too, and the result is pretty apparent. The vote will be low, extremely so, unless pub lie consciences can be awakened to the need of public expression at the polls
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NO ROASTER

ND BOASlEN
 The 43rd Divisions Signal com pany from Rhode Island has a young buck private who has a great future before him-of some kind.
 The other morning, while on K. P. duty he offered to bet the the mess sergeant $5 that he could eat two good-sized Watermelons in ten minutes flat. The sergeant was suspicious.
 "What makes you think you can?" he parried.
 Because" was the reply, 'T just polished off two when you weren't looking"
 RY-GO-ROUND
 Red Cross boss Norman Davis remarked on the excellent SerV- icc' when he lunched at the local Red Cross canteen for service men the other day. But he didn't know his waitress was Mrs. Jed John son, wife of the congressman from Oklahoma Popular, white thatched Representative Joseph (Judge) Mansfield of Texas, who gets around in a wheel chair faster than most people walk, was telling colleagues about & political opponent in his district who's al- ways trying to make people be- lieve I am 89." Remarked COP Representative Charles A Eaton of New Jersey, "Shucks, Judge, you'd just be getting started at 80."
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 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
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Justaposition

It could have been sheer coincidence that led the New York Times, one day recently, to place side by side news stories bearing the following headings: Roosevelt Weighs Appointing Lehman Arbter of Wages" Lehman Throws Sup port to Mead, Dropping Poletti, His First Choice = Joins Roosevelt in Backing for the Nomination for Governor"
 One would not be cynical. One would like to take at face value the Presidents implied statement that, since he is too busy for fool stories" about politics, he is too busy for politics. But the news does speak for itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06
Selected Poem
HESPERIDES

(Robert Hillyer in the New York Tlmes) Past life and time the island lies Where we have learned content; Reflected in far-seeking eyes That foundered continent: Lost home to the Egyptian priest, Green Caspian valley in the East; To Athens, westward under far White Hesperus Platoric star. Whichever way the prov is turned Against the drift of dark, Darkness itself to ash Is burned Before the wandering bark, And on a nimble wind dispersed Where, had We know 1t, from the first The island waits for Hesperus, For Egypt, Athens, and for us. Think not my mind that spurns the fact And clasps the dream is hurled With times tremendous cataract Down margins of the world. In drifts of darkness l affirm That fact and darkness have their term. Past death, past time, the island lies, And have seen 1t with these eyes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

1. Who is commander-in-chief of the British Army in the Middle East?
 2. Which army branch uses a castle as Its insignia?
 3. The Duke and Duchess of Kent have one. two or three children?
 4. Belisarius was a Roman gen. eral, emperoror, or poet?
 5. Complete the famous command Don't fire until you see :"
 6. Name the Hell Divers" thrill show performer who was killed ear- ly in July, 1942 while doing his famous Rocket Car Leap.
 2. Do spiders have wings? 8. The president of the Senate casts vote only in case of tie; true or false?
 9. Who is the author of Wash ington Is Like That?
 10. Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a noted American physician, electrician, or astronomer itself but dessert that put to the test, few husbands or children have been known to turn down.
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One of the difficulties in fight ing the Japs, Johnson reported, was the superiority of Jap Zero planes to American fighter planes.
 This is due to the fact that the Japs put no armor on their planes, but risk the life of the pilot to gain speed and maneuver ability. Thus Zero fighter can fly higher than an American pursuit plane, and can maneuver all around 1t. Once the two planes go into combat on the same level, American plane can make mince- meat out of the Zero, but present U. s. models cannot follow the Japs into the high attitudes.
 Congressman Johnson report ed that fight between a Jap Zero and Navy PYB patrol ship (not fighter pIane) was like a race between a Model T Ford and a Lincoln Zephyr.
 NOTE: The Army and Navy are now trying to develop new types of fighter planes, but the prob lem always is whether to sacrifice speed or armor. It is almost i'm possible to have both.
 VICE PRESIDENTS
 RECREATION
 On a hot August morning, when residents of the Wardman Park Hotel had fans turned on full blast, they looked with surprise to sec four figures come out on the tennis court. They looked a sec ond time. It was the vice plesi- dent and a party of friends out for a set of doubles.
 Henry Wallace took off pair of slacks, threw them into cor ner, and trOtted out onto the court in white shorts and white sports shirt. It was o. clock as the game began.
 Wearing no hat CT eye-shade. and yielding the racket in his left hand, Wallace entered into the game with the gusto of a high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

o Rights to benefits under State unemployment compensation laws are based on earnings within period closely preceding unemploy- ment Are there any provisions to protect men who enter military service?
 A. Thirty-eight States have in- corporated in their laws some meth cd of assuring benefit rights to those covered workers who engaged in military service, after they return to civilian life. In order to be coV- cred by the special provisions a worker must have entered the mil- itary forces of the U. s since l940.
 o. Are members of the Presi- dents Cabinet appointed for fixed term?
 A. Cabinet officers hold their of- flee at the pleasure of the President. They do not necessarily leave office with the President who appointed them, and, while 1t is customary to tender their resignations at the time a change of administration takes place, they remain formally as the heads of their departments until their successors qualify, or they themselves are reappointed. e. Which saint of the Catholic Church founded the Society Of Jesus?
 A. St. Ignatius of Loyola. He died in Rome on July 31, 1856 He was beautified by Pope Paul V in 1909 and canonized by Gregory XIV in 1922.
 o. What is meant by linc-haul railroad?
 A. One that performs main line or trunk-line common carrier trans portation service as distinguished from switching or terminal com pany.
 o. When was the famous Sphinx in Egypt built?
 A. The antiquity of the Sphinx was long in dispute, but compara- lively recent discoveries have es- tablished that the head is a portrait or hlnR SulpIllS H. WllO DuliU oiiS second pyramid in the Gizen group. and 1t is now believed that 1t was constructed during his reign; around $500 B. c
 @. When Is Independence day in Switzerland?
 A. August l. On that day in 1921, the cantons of Uri, ScnWyz and Unterwalden, formed permanent confederation which was the begin- ming of the present Swiss Confed- cration, the oldest government With a continuous existence in the Wes. tern world.
 EDITORS NOTE If you arc
 desirOus of securing this weeks
 booklet, VEGETABLE COOK
 ERY", address F. M. Kirby. De-
 partment 2-100, Waterbury Dem-
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Willing to Listen

The tabulations and graphs furnished by the Waterbury Taxpayers Association this week furnish an Interesting picture of the city's tax picture over the past 24 years. For instance, you can trace the rise and fall of our tax rate, tax levies, and grand list from 1918 right down to the present year. There is some slight admonishment for wants of an "adequate and sound long-range financial plan, as well as the tendency on the part of this municipality to issue bonds for capital
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picture.
 Now the outstanding charac- teristic of the picture is the hands Of the father. It shows the prodigal kneeling before his father and the father with his hands on the boys shoulders. Art critics tell us that in all the history of art no hands have ever been painted that equal the hands of the father in this picture. Everything Rembrandt wanted to say about the forgiving love of God for sinful humanity he put into the hands of that elderly man, welcoming back home again his son who still had upon his gar- ments the stench of the pigsty.
 Gods love manifested through the hands of a forgiving fatherl This is something for all Of us who have had our sojourn in the far country to remember to our com- fort and encouragement. Tn his hands we are safe; under his hands we are forgiven and are at rest.
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 Newspaper Syndicate
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perie ce of Wright w. Gary, for instance. MT. Gary is director of the Petroleum Co-ordinator for War, known for short as OPC. MT. Gary h a s just returned to w a s h 1 n g t o n from a months tour of U. s. oil rehneries, a n d he has found, of all things, exist ing. idle refinery
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

It is to be hoped that Waterbury's wa terworks program, launched so bravely last year, won't suffer now as it enters it's last phases We hope that officials are going to be able to work out some plan whereby there won't be too much delay in completing the third dam up above the Morris and WigWam reservoirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

the materials With which he made the picture. He had been some thing of a prodi- gal himself. He had often been wounded by the sharp barg of in- justice. He might have departed life a m 1 d bitterness, but just a short time before his A AA
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Current Comment

You and I shall not make money the rest of our lives at least not in the sense in which we used to think of making money.
 We should quit complimenting ourselves on our capacity to take 1t and show the world a capacity to dish 1t out.
 Patrick J. Hurley, U. s. minister
 to New Zealand.
 All of this nonsense about how many panties and girdles and brassi- eres and things the women in these auxiliaries are going to wear will cause us to lose our modesty. --Senator Ellison D. Smith of
 South Carolina.
 We must go without things we can't buy. We should go without things we do not need to buy. Mariner S. Eccles, chairman of Federal Reserve Board.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

HANDS OF THE FATHER
 Rembrandt's last picture is en- titled, "The Return of the Prodigal. When he painted 1t he was an un- discharged debtor owning nothing but the clothes on his back and
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Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Junk Junket Aids Synthetic Rubber Plans
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COFrespondentJ

You never know what you'll find i'll you start to look for 1t, and that applies particularly to the collection of junk in wartime. Take the ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Would have is often used inr correctly in if clauses instead of had. Say "If you had stood by us we could have wOn;" not "If you would have stood by us etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06

WASHINGTON August Lyndon Johnson Texas returned from naval n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises 1928 a. m. (war time). Sun rises 5:52 a. m.; sets 8:03 ?. m. (war tinya). All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
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Questions
 and Answers
voVrn ouwsTTONs ANsWEKED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Demeerpes Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free. any question of fact or in- formation, not involving exten- aive research. Write your gues- tSOn clearly, sign name and nd- dress. enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. c.
 O. have an idea for a torpedo shield for ships. How can present 1t to the Navy Department and pe sure it will receive consideration
 A. You should submit 1t to tne National Inventors Council, Com merce Building, Washington, D. Q : instead of direct to the Navy. The Council is an agency set up by the government to examine and evaluate all inventions and ideas thought to be of value in the war effort, and if you will send them a description of the device, they will consider 1t and notify you of their decisions as to it's usefulness and practicability.
 @. Is it true that some censorS clip out forbidden portions of let ters to service men overseas?
 A. Yes Therefore it is advisable to write on one side of the paper only.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-06
What's Your I.Q.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Bo Congressman Reports Jop Fighter Plane Superor Unormored Zero and 0uMoneuvers Our Pursuit Shps Army and Navy Face Tough Problem Designing New ModeIs Xnon Beotes Nox for Air Troinng ct Resorts
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EDITORS NOTE - If you arc desirous of securing this weeks booklet, VEGETABLE COOK ERY", address r. M. Kirby. De- partment 2-10O, Waterbury Dem- ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington. D. C., with 15 cents to cover postage.
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Butte Couple Goes
"AU Out" in Effort
To Defeat the Axis

Mr. and Mrs. Namen Dixie LaHood
Of Butte. are staging lone family"
drive to get all the paper-scrap and
readable-they can to help lick the
axis.
Tons Of paper. including card board
boxes and old newspapers, and 1000
pounds Of good reading material for
the morale Of the soldiers have been
netted thus far by the LaHoods, all at
their own expense. The couple has
earned the honor Of being among
Butte's most active war workers as a
result Of this drive.
In World War l, Mrs. LaHood was
employed in munitions and airplane
factories in Ontario. Canada, according
to her husband, who himself won con-
adorable fame few years back as the
worlds uncrowned bantam weight and
featherweight champion in the ring.
Mrs. LaHood, who has been bed-ridden
off and on for seven months, keeps up
her morale and that Of the soldiers by
directing the campaign for the paper.
Material collected by Dixie and his
wife is given to the American Legion
Of Butte, which has been in charge of
soap contributions for several months
in Silver Bow county. The proceeds
from the sale Of the paper buy gifts for
Butte servicemen and those from other
sections Of the United States.
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ing to the amount of competition be-
tween stage lines.
Sept. 20 was the poorest day show
ing on the way book. this day being
productive of only s66l5 while the
banner day, Sept. %. brought a reve-
nue. of S56505 of which $365.85 was
for the carrying of letters and news
papers, the business being destined for
Helena, Confederate gulch, Blackfoot,
Montana City and Jefferson City.
For Oct. 6, Senator w. A. Clark's
name appears as having paid s25 for
a trip from Virginia City to Blackfoot;
on Oct 9, John Caplis paid 81 to
ride from Virginia City to Milk ranch,
while the entry Of tx. Beidler, D. H.,
on pass" appears under date Of Oct. IL.
Among the passengers enumerated
whose names are associated with Mon
tana's early history are General
Meagher, Colonel Sanders and Con
Kohrs, all on Oct. IL. The first two
are credited with $40 each, while op-
posite the name of Con Kohrs, who
afterwards became one OF Montana's
millionaires, appears the entry, "$9
paid, rest charged"
On Oct. 30. Professor Dimsdale,
author of THE Vigilantes Of Montana"
was billed as deadhead.
On Nov. 20, the stage company again
raised rates on its passengers between
Virginia City and Helena to s25 for
one way, while $45 was collected for
the round trip. If one is to Judge by
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s11 40 Blackfoot business, 60 cents from
Confederate gulch and s2465 from
Silver Bow.
In the items carried on Aug. 81 was
one for a sack of gold dust valued at
5000 destined to George W. Lowell at
Blackfoot for which charge of S.
was made. Three dollars was charged
for carrying a purse of 500 in gold
dust for William Armstrong.
On Aug. "a, c. A. Broadwater and
j. H. Kiskaddon were among the stage
passengers, each paying SIS.
On Aug. 81, Edward Beaupre was
charged $40 for transportation of a
sack of gold dust valued at S449.25.
The carrying of letters gradually be-
came quite an item in the stage bust
ness and for Sept. 3, the book shows
that $82.75 was received for letters
alone.
On Sept. S, the receipts reached
$3689O, and OF this $14290 was for
letters. E. w. Toole was a passenger
that day. There must be story be-
hind that entry for Sept. 7. which read
John Caples Of Virginia City to Hell
ena, free, lost his baggage" Ben R.
Dittes Is marked ID. H." on Sept. IA.
He was one Of Montana's first news
paper men.
On Sept. is the fare from Virginia
City to Helena was raised to $40 from
SIS and the round trip fare was made
$35 instead of $25. The stage fare in
those days varied good deal accord
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CTATE
OHORTs

PHILIPSBURG+All teachers at the
Granite County high school were re-
elected for the ensuing year by the
board of trustees.
ANACONDA-Roy T. Davidson, who
died here, was native Of this district.
He was born near what is now Washoe
park on Feb. 3, 1881, two years before
the city of Anaconda was founded.
GREAT FALLS-O. S. Warden and
Norman N. Thisted, local delegates, at
tended the recent annual meeting of
the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States in Chicago.
POLSON-Senator B. K. Wheeler
promised local citizens at a banquet
given here that he would give full
support in Washington to securing a
pulp and paper mill in Poison.
HAVRE William E. Rae, insurance
man here, has been named sergeant at
arms for the International Rotary
convention at Toronto by International
President Tom ]. Davis of Butte. Rae
is former Rotary district governor.
HELENA-B. w. Cronin, who died
here at So, had been a Capital city
resident for about 40 years and was
retired railroad employee Born in
Ireland, he came to America about 60
years ago.
HAVRE-George H. Leick of the
Montana National bank of Havre was
elected president of group l Of the
Montana Bankers association here. He
succeeds R. NJ Lockwood of Fort Ben
ton.
BILLINGS-Ensign Glenn R. Van
Bramer, "a, killed in an airplane crash
in Alaska recently, was former Bill
lings high school and Montana uni
versity football player. He graduated
from the university in 1910.
PHILIPSBURG- Sunshine Min
ing Co. of Idaho will coordinate man.
ganese production in this area. The
| firm will construct a sanpling plant
here, establish an ore-buying schedule
and build up stockpile Of concentrat-
ing ores.
BILLINGS Catherine Nutter-
vile of Butte, president, and other
state officers of Delta Kappa Gamma,
national honor society for women in
education, were reelected to two-year
terms at the state convention Of the
organization here.
HAVRE-A membership of seven for
the city-county airport board was es-
tablished by the city council here.
Members are j. F. B. Travis, F. j.
Nichols, Swan Ness. Floyd Hitler, Ed
ward Bogut, Ray l. Sands and ]. A.
Wright.
HAMHTON-Death recently claimed
two old-time residents Of the Bitter
Root valley-William A. Hayes, 66, and
Frank Selby, So, one-time employe of
the Marcus DAILY racing stable Hayes,
a native Of Michigan, had lived here
since 1883.
GLENDIvE-word has been received
here that Albert Legato, marine corps
corporal from this city. is a prisoner
Of the japanese A listening post at
San Francisco recorded Legato say
ing: II am in q japanese prison camp
and am safe and unframed. Am living
IN good quarters and eating three
J meals . day. Don't worry"
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Old Way Book of Oliver Stage Line Tells
OF Travel Between Helena, Virginia City

Often one speaks Of the old stage
days of Montana. and compared to
present day automobile travel it was
slow indeed But by the old-fashioned
method of travel the passenger was
able to have his breakfast in Helena
and his supper in Virginia City, and
this was considered Just a little bit
slower than chain lightning.
The old stagecoach between Virginia
City and Helena was drawn by six
Often, on level stretch, high rate
were kept going at a gallop, horse
flesh being nothing as compared with
the element of time or the possibility
of the establishment of new record.
Frequent changes Of horses were made
and in the event Of an animal playing
out between stage stations his place
was sometimes filled by stray bronco
or the outfit went along without him,
sometimes the stage being run with
three leaders and two wheelers.
Pete Days, a few miles out of
Virginia City, was a favorite place
to stop for meals, and some great
dances were pulled off there in the
early days.
Gov E. NJ Pollinger, while still liv-
ing at Sheridan half century ago,
had in his possession an old way book
Of the Oliver stage line which operated
between Virginia City and Helena.
Blank books were scarce in those days
and this book in particular had pre-
viously been used as a ledger for
Virginia City store, to which the fore
part of the book was devoted. The
remaining pages were utilized by the
stage line and show entries from Aug.
l8 to Dec. 81, 1865.
The first days business, according
to this book, showed eight passengers
carried from Virginia City to Helena,
at SIS per head. There was one dead
head. One state letter was carried for
As cents. and three state letters for
slO5. Twenty-four Virginia City let
tiers brought 25 cents each. Quite a
revenue was derived from the trans
portation of mail, the price charged
varying somewhat in accordance with
the price of oats and drinks along
the way. Five dollars was charged for
transporting a trunk and 50 for a
valise. The total revenue derived from
the first trip was SEATS.
The way book shows that on Aug.
10, w. F. Sanders and lady paid in
advance s26 for passage to Jefferson
City. The total receipts for that day
were S16S.80, while those of the fol-
lowing day reached s235 IS, of which
sl99,lO was from Helena business,