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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-06
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 e. What are the chief chaTac- teristics of pursuit planes and bon1bers?
 A. Pursuit planes have great maneuverability, high speed, heavy fire power and ability to perform eficiently at high attitudes. Bomb CTS are characterized by fast cruiS- ing speeds at high attitudes, long range and ability to defend them selves and to carry heavy loads.
 o. What are some of the prin- cipal arguments advanced for and against federal sales tax?
 A. Proponents of the federal sales tax point out it's low rate, the cumulatively large revenue, it's productivity and stability. Foes of the tax maintain that 1t imposes a heavier burden on the poor than on the rich, because it is not levied according to ability to pay; and that it increases the cost of living, If shifted to the consumer, or places a hardship on the manufac- turers or distributors if borne by them.
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6ApldlIlGu 1OI d lO14B LA1A1C.
 One of these was 8 mysterious short wave broadcast which came out of Germany in English, SUD- posedly from an anti-H itle r underground station, congratulat- ing the British on Rommel's de- feat in an early stage of the cam paign.
 It Is believed now that this broadcast was part of the trap to Hull the British into cOmplac- ency.
 It will be recalled that when the Nazis first advanced, they met stiff resistance and turned back. This was hailed as British vic- tory. And at exactly this moment, the strange voice out of Germany, recorded by U. s. listening posts, told how Rommel had started this drive without the approval of Hit Ter because the African command CT was jealous of the publicity given the Russian front.
 The strange German voice, gloating over Rommel's defeat, told how his aides had tried to dis suade him from the attack, and how he had finally obtained a promise that the Italian fleet would attack Alexandria simul- taneously.
 "But," gloated the German bEOadcaster in English, "the sail DTS of the Italian fleet are now sitting in the coffee houses and brothels of TripOM."
 The broadcast, 1t is believed, was one of several means used to Hull the British. At any rate, when Rommel suddenly retreated, the British did not follow him until they had sent back to headquart- CTS near Cairo for instructions.
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Taxpayers could get pretty good idea of the size of their investment from fig ures submitted to the Board of Finance this week. In discussing insurance against war damage various properties of the city were itemized as to insurance value It was considerable and the sum total certainly reveals that each and everyone of us has a big investment m the city to which we pay taxes. It's worth conserving and fostering.
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the Cln cans that were never con- Sidered good for a ny thing but hauling to tn ( dump.
 And all over this broad and beautiful nd, every scrap of scrap = not only the rubber that hasn't been col- lected, but all the metals and all the rags from every nook and corner. WN n V- A.
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i. One star is the shoulder h. signia of which army rank?
 ?. What is the name for the new simplhed merchant ships being constructed to carry war supplies?
 3. Name the battleship that waS sunk at Pearl Harbor.
 4. Which country is the worlds largest producer of steel?
 5. By what other name is July 1 usually known?
 6. Does the word equitable mean reasonable, honest, impartial, or fair?
 '. Which of these spellings k correct, Puerto Rico" or Porto Rica"?
 8. Are there any roses that are true black?
 9. The Philippines IS the largest island group in which archipelago2
 TO- Which state IS known as the Coyote State?
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
SEEK THE MAIN CHANGE

SEEK THE MAIN CHANGE
 Lot is one of the most interesting of Bible characters.
 He was a keen man of the world, proud of his cleverness and always having an eye to the main chance. But like many clever worldlings, he really had imperfect sight as re- gards real advantages. He looked
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o. What does a tab showing white star on red background, affixed to an automboa1e license plate, indicate?
 A. That it is the car of a gen. eral in the U. S. Army.
 o. When was the Veterans Ad- ministration established? A. It was created by Executive Order, July q, 1930 under authorA- zation of the Act approved July B. 1880. The order consolidated in the Veterans Administration, the Bu- reau of Pensions (formerly under | the Secretary of the 1nterior), the | U. s. Veterans Bureau and the National Home for Disabled Volun- teer Soldiers (now known as the National Homes Service).
 o. How did Wynot, Nebraska, get its name?
 A. Local tradition has 1t thal Why Not?" was the favorite phrass of an old German, an early resident, and the name was taken in ht memory.
 o. How much does it cost to drill an oil well, and is dynamite ever used? At what depth is oil found?
 A. The cost of drilling varies from $1 to SIP per foot, depending upon the terrain and other condt- tions. Oil is found at varying depths, from the surface of thu ground on to a depth of 12,000 fee, or more. Dynamite is sometimes used in drilling, but solidified nitSo- glycerine is used more often.
 o. Are colts born with teeth? A. Temporary central incisors oi nippers may be present in colts al birth; otherwise they appear be- fore the colts are 10 days old. There are two in each jaw.
 O. Which is the right and which is the left bank of river?
 A. Tn designating the river banks right and left are used always with reference to the position of one Whc is facing in the directoin the cur rent flows.
 l o. When was the famous deal, dumb and blind woman, Helen Kel- Ter, born and is she living?
 A. She was born a normal child ,I at Tuscumbia, Alabama, June 27, 1880. She now lives in Westport, Conn.
 o. Where is Firenze?
 A. That is the Italian name fof Florence, Italy
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are
 desirous of securing this weeks
 booklet Baseball ImmOrtals" ad-
 dress F. M. Kirby, Department
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out over the we'll
 watered plain of Jordan, apprised the fertility of soil, the beauty of it's cities, tn e teerning industry of that W h ol e area. He marveled at the city of So- d om W ith its
 grandeur and its
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Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Why's, IWherefOreS Of
 New Salvage Drive
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

OOhTO1pUn0OuD
 July may have been the day you celebrated your independence, but July 6 is the day dedicated to the junk man. For on this day begins a triple threat drive to win the war at home by salvaging millions of tons of things Americans are accustomed to throwing away.
 The fats and greases from the of city, village and farm.
 Tn 28 principal municipal areas,
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR A noun should be used with . proposition to indicate sd- verbally the time of an Oc- currence as 'T was born on the third of May"
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EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet Baseball ImmOrtals" ad- dress F. M. Kirby, Department 2-NS0, Waterbury Democrat Serv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. O., with IS cents to cover postage.
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Washington Merry -Go-Round
DREW PEAR s o N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Germons Put Mysterious Broadcast Trop Foe Lybio Tried Moke British Believe RommeI Was About Washed Up;
 Inefficient Hondng Hondcops Drives for Scrap Moteriol Wor Chiefs Think Heods of Bureau Should Be Scropped
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WASHINGTON peculiar things about the way probably
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions Turn to back page for the answers.
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o. Where is Firenze?
 A. That is the Italian name fof Florence, Italy.
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0. When was the famous deaf, dumb and blind woman, Helen Kel- Ter, born and is she living?
 A. She was born a normal child at Tuscumbia, Alabama, June 27, 1880. She now lives in Westport, Conn.
Evening star., 1942-10-28

other Central American countries,
with perhaps Panama suffering
least, Panama having exported fewer
things and now thriving, despite
her depleted tourist trade, on the
presence of allied troops as well as
on the proceeds derived from the
United States for the use of the
Canal.
Gold and coffee are the main ex-
ports of Nicaragua. Materials for
the operation of the gold mines
are hard to get due to war condi-
tions. Now for the first time the
wild rubber trees are being tapped.
Ceilings exist to avoid imitation and
a Federal board allocates gas and
tires.
Senor De Bayle enthuses over the
idea Of second canal running
across Nicaragua joining the Pacific
with the Atlantic. He states that
the existence of large Lake Nicara-
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Moforman Found Not Guilty
In Freak Accident Death

Taylor R. Anthony, 25, Capital
Transit streetcar motorman, was
found not guilty by a Municipal
Court jury yesterday of a charge
of negligent homicide in connection
with a freak accident in which
Franklin Dugan, 35, of 126 E street
Sc, was fatally injured.
The accident occurred at the car
barn in the 700 block of L street
Sc. on April 6.
Mr.. Anthony was driving his street.
car west on L street when it sud-
denly turned left through an open
switch in front of the barn, strik-
ing another car that was standing
still just ahead The second car in
turn struck another car. Mr.. Du-
gan, another motorman, happened
to be stepping across the track
ahead of this third car, and he was
pinned between it and fourth car
that was standing on the track.
Mr.. Anthony told the jury that
he was partially blinded by the re-
fcction of the sun on the track at
the switch and that he thought the
switch was closed.
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Mcoroguon Minister Fovors
Canal Across His Country
Senor De Boyle Likes
Cosmopolitan Air
Of Washington
BY CATHERINE HAMBLEY.

Nicaragua, the largest country of
Central America, is represented in
Washington by Minister, Senor DR..
Don Leon De Bayle, who came here
four and half years ago with his
wife and little daughter.
He finds Washington an inter-
esting post, particularly at present,
but also likes the cosmopolitan at
mosphere of New York, now rivaled
I by that OF the Capital. The feeling
is natural because of his being ac-
. customed to continental life.
) For seven years he was a student
in Paris. There. during the days
e OF easy spending for a man with
J foreign money, he attended the
University of Paris He wrote poetry.
q Science and economics we're incom-
patible with his whim and soon he
left the world of passing fancy for
for stable pursuits.
He contributed articles on Latin
American events to a political re-
view which was published by his
fellow students for some 1000 South
and Central Americans attending
the colleges in Paris. These Amer
lean Latins formed an association
and Senor De Bayle enjoyed the
lectures on Western Hemisphere
problems at the different confer
ences they held.
g Being of French descent on his
fathers side, the dark, attractive
Nicaraguan took to France i'm
mediately, thoroughly enjoying the
hospitality of the French and ap-
preciating along with his studies the
lighter pastimes of the French cap
ital. On his vacations he made trips
to other European countries. He
Travelled by train and stayed with
friends. He remained about four
months in Italy and loved the his
toric aspect of Rome, the Cathedral
OF St. Peter and the museums He
adores the old-style Spanish church
in Leon, Nicaragua, where he was
born in 1902.
- In 1928 he returned to Leon and
became judge in the civil court.
Then he went to Managua, the cap
ital. and practiced law In 1929
he was made secretary of a special
mission in Central America. After
being Undersecretary of Interior in
Nicaragua in 1884, he was legal
counselor of the National Bank of
Nicaragua and an adviser to the
commission introducing legislation
in the Congress.
- His mothers family is one of the
oldest in Nicaragua. His father,
Louis H. De Bayle, was well-known
doctor of medicine.
Although all languages strange
to the hearing seem to be spoken
quickly, the liquid notes of his Span
ish fall pleasingly on the ear and
are slower than the rapid Spanish
you hear, for instance, the Cubans
speak.
The exporting and importing of
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Wcrdens Offer Selves
As BIood-Bunk Donors

With the house toulouse canvass
Of the Ten Buckets of Blood
Brigade" sponsored by E. S. Alver-
son, chairman of the Bradbury
Heights Civilian Defense Committee.
all the afraid wardens Of this area
and many of the other civilian de-
fense workers have offered to do
nate their blood to the Civilian De-
fense Blood Bank.
Bradbury Heights was the first
area in the District, according to
Mr.. Alverson. to hold a mass meet
ing of citizens following the appoint
ment of Defense Committee last
fall.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
Priest to Open Series
Of Friday Lecturers

The Rev. Eugene NJ Burke Of st.
Paul's College will conduct series
of lectures at the Plus XI Guild
House, 1721 Rhode Island avenue
NV, on Friday evenings, starting
October 30. 1t will be open to
Catholics and non-Catholics.
The subjects of the series are:
october 80, The Church in the
Gospels; November 6, The Church
of the Apostles; November 13, THE
Church in the New Testament;
November 20, The Primitive
Church; November q, The Church
Of the Fathers; December 4, THE
Fapacy," and December II, "The
Catholic Church."
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qua would simplify the project con-
siderably. His enthusiasm is justi-
fled when you realize the forthcom-
ing boom which would result for
Nicaragua from the success of such
Evening star., 1942-10-28

leo City and Panama City is being
carried on at the present time in the
intervening countries with the CO.
operation OF the Federal Works
Agency Of the United States.
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an endeavor costing around $780,
000, 900.
In regard to the Inter- American
highway, he mentions that the con-
struction Of the strip between Mex
Evening star., 1942-10-28

DEATH RIDEThe Pony Express riders dead but
takes their tough ong loads TINT bombs
by the ukod Hghban relays through dark night
the they
the cab in the Post article A Bundle
Evening star., 1942-10-28

the commodities of Nicaragua has
been recently impaired by the activ-
ity of Nazi U-boats. He exclaims
that the plight is shared by the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
Information On
Social Security

Social Security Board records cannot
be used in preparing income tax re-
turns for 1941, it was said today by
Glenn II. Pittenger, manager of the
Youngstown, Ohio, field office of the
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors In
surance.
I'VE have had numerous calls from
individuals who sought to use our rec
ords in connection with the filing of
income tax returns for 1941," Mr.. Pitt
enger said.
"Our records are not posted for sew
eral months after the wages are earn
ed and will not be complete until some
time after tax returns are due from
individuals. Those who desire state
ments of their wages up to the early
part of 1941 may obtain this informa-
ton by using the wage record request
card which we will supply for this
purpose, but it is impossible for us to
provide currently or until the latter
part of 1912 any statement of earnings
including wages paid in 1941 in en-
ployment covered by the Social Sc
curity Act"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
ALL WORN OUT!

"Dear Boss: | am tired. Pm quitting
this game;
My head has gone dizzy-my back
has gone lame;
My seat is all calloused, my hands
paralyzed
From taking dictation. God help my
poor eyes!
I've finished the brief in the Worces-
tershire case
"a sloppy memento of this awful
pace.
The writ of attachment was served
on the bank;
Defendant just called and he thinks
it's prank.
Miss Pewster was in and she asked
that you phone.
Your wife's raising hell-says she's
so much alone.
The stamps are all gone, and you
need new chair;
Your nails could stand trimming; re-
member your hair.
| cleaned out the bottles and cigaret
butts;
You need a new steno for this ones
gone nuts.
Author unknown.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
Rival Labor Bodies Agree
On N. Y. Defense Program

New York City GLNS).-Joint com
mitteeS OF members of the American
Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations to cooperate
on civilian defense will be set up as
the result of a conference attended by
Mayor La Guardia and leaders of the
rival labor organizations.
The program was agreed on after
Thomas ]. Lyons, president of the
State Federation of Labor and some
other labor representatives had charg-
ed that the Mayor and some of his
commissioners had given only curSory
attention 10 union plans for promoting
the civilian defense effort.
Without joining in criticism Of the
attitude of the municipal administra-
tian. other labor heads complained that
the city was not taking full advantage
of the trained man power at its dis
poSal. and urged greater recognition
of union defense plans.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
ST, LOUIS UNION HEADS
TO BE TRIED FEBRUARY 7

st. Louis ILNS).-FOur officers of
the local Hod Carriers Union pleaded
innocent to charges of embezzlement of
$151 $50 in union funds and trial was
set for Feb. II by Circuit Judge Will
liam J. COnnOr. The indicted officers
are Edward Hill, president of Local
A.; Orville Golden, secretarytreasurer,
and Paul II. Hulahan and Earl Jen-
kins, business agents.
Judge Connor Overruled motions to
quash the indictment, which was re-
turned by grand jury Nov. 2S after
more than months investigation of
the unions financial AFFAIRS. Clifton T..
CLANCY, union Sergeant-at-arms, and
Charles Barnett, operator of a saloon
beneath the locals headquarters, plead
ed innocent to an indictment chargin.
them with perjury and embezzlement
of $375. Their trial also was set for
Feb. II.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
SUBMIT DISPUTE TO
u. S. LABOR BOARD

Washington, d. G. GLNS).-In re-
sponse to the request of the National
War Labor Board, the Atlantic Fish
ermen's Union, AFL, agreed to operate
the boats of the Federated Fishing
Boats of New England and New York,
Inc, Boston, and submit final deter
minaton of their war risk insurance
dispute to the board.
The dispute, which involves 5000
men engaged in catching fresh fish for
most of New England, arose over the
question of how the cost of war risk
insurance should be divided between
the fishermen and the companies. The
fishermen operate boats along the
Atlantic seeaboard ranging as far out
to sea as $50 miles and rs far north
from Boston as NewfOunded and Nova
Scotia.
The unions response was in reply to
Il board telegram requesting the EN-
plOyerS to advance the premium for
the agreed amount of insurance and
asking both parties to leave to the
board final determination of the dis
pute together with the date on which
the boards award should become eff
fective. The telegram also asked for
immediate resumption of operations.
Many of the shops had been tied up
awaiting disposition of the dispute.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
Agriculture Department
Increases Farm Output

Washington, ID. c. GLNS).-In view
of the greatly increased demands for
American foods because of the nation S
entrance into the war, the Department
of Agriculture has increased its 1912
production goals for pigs, corn for live
stock feed, oil-bearing crops, eggs, rice,
dry beans and vegetable crops for can
ming.
The department explained that since
the original goals were announced last
September, the United States had come
to be looked upon not only us the
arsenal but the food store of the
United Nations.
TO meet these new demands, the de
partment said farmers would have to
produce as never before and put every
acre of land, every hour of labor and
every bit of farm machinery, fertilizer
and other supplies to the use which
will best serve the nations wartime
needs
Officials said crop loan programs.
government purchases under lease-lend
and relief programs, and sales of gov
ernment-held feeds would be employed
to provide, in so far us was possible,
price incentives.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-02-05
Wins Safeguard For
Workers Against
DisIoyoi+y Charges

Washington, ID. G. - Attempts by
anti-labor bosses to oust active union
lists, on the pretext they are "subver-
sive," were curbed under machinery
agreed upon by the Army and Navy
after consultation with organized labor
Army and Navy officials have sweep
ing powers TO remove from defense in
dustries workers whose loyalty Is
questioned. Until now, this authority
has been exercised without any right
Of appeal, and complaints arose that
some employers were taking advantage
''disloyalty' on unionists they wanted
to get rid Of.
TO stop such abuses, Assistant Sec.
retary of Labor Dan w Tracy ar
ranged conference between represen-
tatives Of the two agencies ard OF
labor, to work out procedures that
would be fair to all parties.
As a result Of this par!ey, a plan II
safeguard workers from unfair dismis
sal was worked out, and a memoran
DUN setting it forth was signed BY
| Under Secretary Of War Robert Z. Pat
tersOn and Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy Ralph A. Bard. 1t is to be dis
| tributed to local unions, employers ant
military representatives at defense
| plants.
! Under its provisions. Army or Navy
agents may, after an adequate investi
| cation, ask an employer TO drop sus
pected employe, but this would be dont
only after consultation with repreSen
| tatives of both labor and mana cement
/ In most instances, unions would bs
given the opportunity to handle the re-
moval themselves and arrange foi
| transfer of suspects to non-defenst
| work