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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Mission to Ankara

A world which used to call Turkey "the
sick man of Europe" today finds itself
with raging fever, and Turkey almost
the only country with normal temper
allure. To the next phase of the world
wide conflict Turkey, sitting astride the
road to the lower Caucasus, to Iran and
India, to Syria and the Near East, may
hold the key. 1t is the road to OIL the
road to Junction of German and Japan
csc forces, road to prolongation of the
war ad infinitum. No greater task lies
before the allied nations than to keep
Turkey at least neutral and in the mood
to fight If Germany's next drive should
come her way. Turkey must be shown
that it is to her advantage to cleaVe to
the allied cause, for it is an advantage
that the acts of nations hinge.
There are two ways to do this, talking
and acting. AS far as talking can 60
the United States has made an excellent
first move in sending to Ankara Laurence
Steinhardt, a diplomat who has proved
his worth by eight years of exacting
service. Steinhardt, an acute New York
lawyer, was appointed in the early days
of the New Deal While not a career man,
he has since that time served as ambas-
sador to Sweden, to Peru, to Russia, and
his appointment to a fourth ambassador
ship, at Ankara, will give him a record
equaled by few career men with life
time in the State Department. His ex-
perience, compressed into a little more
than eight years, is greater than that
of many men with 20 years service He
has made good at every job, and few
diplomats ever faced more difficult job
than he when he was sent to Russia at a
time when our relations with the Soviets
were at SKIES and sevens. He knows a
great deal about Russia, about Europe
and the world We will be represented at
Ankara by man who sees clearly, talks
plainly and inspires confidence.
So much for that. However, such
mission can accomplish only so much
with bare words. Action must back them
up. Sufficient allied force to demon
strate to Turkey that North Africa, the
Red Sea basin, Iran and the Caucasus
an be held are an important supplement
. any words Steinhardt can speak. Arms
70 help equip the Turkish armies for de-
Tense are needed and recent extension
of Lend Lease to that country must be
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
No Clash Here

Down in New Jersey motorists have
already been warned about pasting the
new federal auto-use tax stamps on their
windshield. It's again the law, says
the Motor Vehicle Commissioner and no
stamps may be affixed to windshields or
side windows. Fortunately the federal
requirements don't demand that the
stamps 60 on the windows of the car.
They simply ask that the stamp be placed
in position where they are conspicuous
and not apt to be mutilated or detached.
There are many places filling this re-
quirement. The stamp could 60 on the
instrument panel or on the rear-view
mirror. However, every state won't be
as strict as New Jersey about this. Here
in Connecticut the law doesn't allow
pastors to be placed on windshields or car
windows, yet even the state itself goes
against this by placing the car test certifi-
cate on the windshield. It's so small,
though, that it does not interfere with
driving visibility. Nor would the federal
stamp, if put on the windshield.
Federal officials want motorists to con-
form to state laws with regard to stickers
on cars, but after one has inspected one of
the tax stamps it doesn't seem as if there
should be much argument about where it
goes so long as it is visible when necessary
to be seen by inspectors or officials. In
cidentally motorists had better buy their
stamps now and avoid the last-minute
rush, when the deadline has been estab-
lished.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

age. Thus, rent control Is an i'm
portant part of the national hous-
ing program. It must be recognized
as a part Of housing control"
The Jones plan would place rents
under the Secretary Of Commerce
who would appoint a rent admins
traitor who in turn would select fair
rent authorities for each defense
area from lists provided by local Of
ficials. An executive Office would
be set up In each area. Every prop
erty owner would be required to file
report under oath, giving full data
on his property. Fair rents. based
upon rates prevailing at a f1xed pre-
vious date, would be set for each
type of housing unit. Adjustments
would be made by the local fair rent
authorities, whose decisions woult
be strictly enforced by means o.
appropriate penalties for landlords
who refused cooperation or tried to
retaliate against tenants filing COM
plants.
Carefully scarned, that Jones
plan can be seen to be drastic in
its provisions. But so, too, Is the
rent section of the price control bill
now before Congress. Drastic &C
ton Is the only alternative when
the present voluntary system In ef-
feet in most communities. New Ha-
ven among them, fails to achieve its
purpose. And In reverse that means
that the only way to prevent such
drastic action Is to make the volun-
tary system work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

Here's more satisfaction for ex-con-
gresham Alfred N. Phillips of the Fourth
District. Three big cobras down in the
National Geological Park at Washington,
D. c., are to be destroyed when their
winters Information ends in the spring.
The reason is that no one wants to take
any chances of the cobras, deadly pois-
onous, escaping should Washington be
bombed by invaders. Any other poison
GUS reptiles will also be killed off and ZOO
officials have plans completed for speedy
and painless eradication of these dang
ers When he was in Congress Mr..
Phillips advocated legislation to this
effect, pointing out the danger to
civilian population in close proximity to
a ZOO or menagerie in the event of air
raids. He was laughed at, but right now
his words come back with startling vivid
ness, don't they?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Current Comment

We are proud OF the glorious
struggle you are waging against the
enemies not only Of our country
but the enemies Of our Christian
civilization. God give you victory!
Message from the House OF Rep
resentatives to General MacAr-
thur in the Philippines.
The very heart Of the evil we are
fighting is the Nazi belief In the
inherent superiority of the German
race and the Japanese belief In
the inherent superiority Of the Jap
aneSe race.
Episcopal Committee for Euro
pean Refugees.
Think before you talk.
Admiral GreenSlade. comman-
dant, Twelfth Naval District.
We must have more planes and
ships-at once. Then 1t will be our
turn to strike.
Admiral King. the Nays CON-
mander.
The question we must ask our
selves is whether the ideals and
taA'ards which we hold and cher
ish will survive.
Bishop James Maxon, Episcopa
diocese Of Tennessee.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

welt has thrown all sort of fancy
parties for Princess Juliana of
Holland, Princess Martha of Nor
way and other royalty. But Sum-
ner Welles had to put the bee on
him before he would make
definite date for luncheon with
the Foreign Minister of Brazil.
But meanwhile, Aranha, al
ways loyal to his friends, noti-
fled the Nazi ambassador to
Brazil that he could not come
back to Rio, actually had him
taken off a boat at Lisbon and
sent back to Berlin. Stimuli
taneously, Aranha uncovered
Nazi correspondence showing
that German Ambassador DECK
hoff in Washington was head
man for all subversive ac-
tivty in the western hemisphere.
No one knew it, but 1t was his
discovery which led to the GUST
ing Of Dieckhoff and the recall
Of U. S. Ambassador Hugh Will
son from Berlin.
Aranlla carries great weight with
every Latin American foreign
minister and today he is the man
who is doing most to line up the
Americas officially and emphati-
cally against Hitler and Hirohito.
RY-GO-ROUND
Observation-Disclosures who
were not anxious TO travel by air
To the Pan-American Conference
in Rio de JAneiro, decided to sail
on the S. S. Argentina January 2,
arriving In Rio January IA. This
was why the date OF the Confer
ence was fixed for January Is.
A few days later the Navy too
over the S. S. Argentina, so the
delegates Travelled 5000 miles by
air Soviet Ambassador Lit
vinoff Is relying on millionairess
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, aunt of
Barbara Hutton, to arrange the
guest list for his first big recep-
ton to the 48 governors at the
third Inauguration of F. D. r. ..
Commander Walter Winchell, of
colnanar and radio fame, gave
$4,000 to charities in one week.
$4,000 to the Navy Relief society,
$1,000 to China Relief, $1,000 to
F. d. RS birthday fund, and $5,-
600 to the Red Cross.
copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

OF course there is the likelihood of a
lot of senseless Staying of wild animals if
it should ever become common knowledge
that such program of determination was
to be followed. 1t may never come to pass
that any of our large cities, boasting
well-flled ZOOS, will have to resort to
killing all the many fine specimens. And
if it does some well-conceived plan of exc
cution will have to be adopted. For exam
pie, the Washington idea is to let the
cobras have their winter sleep and then
destroy them as precautionary step.
1t might be just as humane to have the
snakes killed while they are alternating
rather than to let them emerge from the
winter sleep.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

These are the two men who have
carried the ball for united Pan
American war front, with Presi-
dent Vargas giving them potent
100 per cent support in the back
ground.
Strangely enough no two men
could be more dissimilar. Os-
waldo Aranha Is an eX-gaucho
from the cattle country of Brazil,
accustomed to appear at horse
races with two revolvers strapped
to his belt, and equally at home
around a roulette table Or a din
ner in the presidential palace.
Undersecretary of State Welles,
on the other hand, had ROose-
velt's background of Groton
and Harvard, Mad the same
god mother as Eleanor ROOse-
welt, was a page at the Roose-
velts' wedding, and Is an An
thony Eden edition Of what the
addressed diplomat Is sup
posed to look like.
Underneath his somewhat aus
tere exterior, however, Sumner
Welles Is just as much the human
being as Oswaldo Aranha, and to-
gether they make perfect team
of resourceful, hard-hitting Hitler
Hirohito haterS.
FATHER OF GOOD NEIGHBORS
No many people realize 1t, but
in South America Welles is known
as the father of Roosevelt's Good
Neighbor policy - now recognized
almost universally as the sound
est foreign program put forward
by any American president in half
century.
1t was Sumner Welles who, when
High Commissioner to the DOM
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Official Pressure

1t is extremely noticeable today the
amount of detailed work that is involved
in the administration of high public Of
fees. Take those OF governor of state
like Connecticut or mayor of a city like
Waterbury. Both of the incumbent
officials right now are on the 60 from
early morning until late night. In an
effort to instill confidence and to pro-
cure complete cooperation they are lend
ing their efforts to every endeavor that
is conceived in the name of national
defense.
How long they will be able to continue
such efforts is a question. We sincerely
trust and hope that our officials like
Mayor Vincent A. Scully and Governor
Robert A. Hurley consider their own per-
sonal well-being in the midst of all the
duties that have fallen upon their
shoulders. We merely cite these two,
because we are perhaps more familiar
with what they are doing. OF course hun
dreds of other officials are likewise bur-
dened with additional responsibilities and
must shoulder details that are both irk-
some and firing
1t is to the mutual advantage of every
one IN Connecticut today that he and she
cooperate fully with duly-elected officials
in all they are endeavoring to do to make
this state safe from any emergency that
could possibly arise. One way of doing
this is not to force on our public officials
extra duties or tasks which could easily
be eliminated or which are nothing
more than obligations of politeness. We
have become accustomed of recent years
to demand much of public representa-
tives in more than their duties of office.
Let's eliminate all that and allow concen-
tration on what is important and neces-
sary.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Selected Poem
YOUTH AT PEARL HARBOR
Nelson r. Burr in the Poets Corner,
IJortford rripac)

The greatest minds among us doubted youth.
Whitman the laureate of common men;
tThoreau who deemed the school and shop pen
OF wasted powers; and he who thought 1t truth,
American could not bring forth a man
The seer Emerson. They heard the call
That spread an ungirtl nation with pail
OF civic strife, when blood of nations ran
Into people. They sought the llarng camp
The hospital, the hasty bivouac,
And by the surgeons insufficient lamp
Like us they saw grim youth upon the rack,
Revised their rasty words, and with the pen
Saluted those who make not books but men.
Young Rome made not a sacrifice more brave,
No Crecan heroes, loath 10 kiss the rod
Of the Persian tyrant, gave purer blood
To strait Thermopyla or hungry wave
Off Salamis These lads have given to fame
Their own ghave scorn of death. Toward their way
Into the world of light grief and dsrnay
First sought the western beach to cry their name.
Now there is none of so dull that he
Feels not his countrys prdeful, passionate hroe
That torn and blinded by bastard blow,
They wanted nothing of deaths majesty.
Now we all know our gallant youth puts on
A crown as fadeleSs at Marathon.
Our sorrow is all spent and calm.
Our will is steadfast as the large fair star
That watches us, and their still faces, far
Where western surf beats out their burial psalm
Ijstenl the sound that chorded surging makes
Sweeps past us in the night with gathering roar
In answer TO that dirge, from shore to shore
A mighty people with one voice aWakeS!
We hear the motors diapaSon voice
The steel mill bursting into lurid bloom,
The shipyard's throbbing and the forse's boom.
Ye fugitives and restless slaves rejoice!
There Is short term to your masters will;
Listen while our doubters, and be still.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

made effective. Just what active demon
STATIONS will be required of allied good
intentions toward Turkey, and the means
to back those intentions, we do not yet
know. But this is one of the most i'm
portant diplomatic missions of our time,
and we trust that the competent hands
to which it has been entrusted will be
supported in such manner as to insure
success
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Press Comment
RENT CONTROL
New Haven Journal Courier

New Haven Journal-Courier)
An interesting new angle On the
rent control problem is offered in
the plan which Senator Danaher
has introduced in Washington and
which was developed by Hartford
realtor, Richard F. Jones, Jr. Rent
control" says Mr.. Jones, lis only In
cidentally a phase of price control.
N problem exists where normal va
cancies still loccur. Rents do not
rise unless there Is housing short
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

An aerial passenger tramway up the side
of Sunapee Mountain in New Hampshire
won't be built this year, according to what
officials up there say. AS matter of fact
such an expensive proposition may never
be tackled. It would cost over half mil
lion to build such a tramway and there is
no positive proof that it would prove as
popular as, for example, the one up Can
non Mountain
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

self control, or
have a jealous
spirit, or nurse
q grudge. or love
m o n e y, too
much, they cast
all chances OF
happiness away
in exchange for
some b a u b ] e .
som tinseled
toy not worth
the having.
It very often
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

o
cred the tough
hide impervious to
jeering, 1t h as
finally got under
his skin.
ct h ere is no
profit In being a
prophet" S q y S
Harold, retreading
a wornout nifty,
but ven such
la n g age Is a
great admission
for the secretary
of the interior
who in the past
has always been
able to skin out
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
What's Your |. O.

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn TO back
page for the answers.
/. Who were called Boche, IN the
World War I?
2. In which hand does the Statue
of Liberty hold torch?
3. Which nation is called the
Land of the Rising Sun?
4. Who said, II am the light OF
the world?
S. Is the Balkan Peninsula In Asia
or Europe?
6. The administration of President
Monroe, when party dissensions
practically disappeared, was called
the Ezra of g. fe------g"?
Z. Name the five states that Dor
der on the Gulf of Mexico.
8. Which National League foot
ball team Is known as the Eagles?
9. Casein Is the principal ingre-
dent Of what animal secretion?
10. In which novel by Charles
Dickens is the character, Little Nell?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Wees and Aronho Are Leodnd Figures at vitoI Rio Poy
Brozon Foreign Minister Coorfu, Gun Toting ExGoucho
He Knows U Well ond Sticks by Us Through Thick and Thin
DREW Pc A Il S o N
ROBERT S. ALLEN


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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Ickes Discards
Crystal Ball For
The Duration
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Washington, Jan. II Secretary
of Interior Harold Ickes has an
nounced he will never again be
prophet. Whenever he has made
prophecies in the past, he says, he
has been jeered at, and though
Washington has generally consid-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. ID.
DON'T THROW HAPPINESS
AWAY

Some people throw happiness
away with both hands. They have
love, opportunity, fine heredlty
good health the makings OF a
happy life. But because they lack
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
A curious person has an in
quiring mind, whereas an
odd or singular person dif-
fers in appearance or char
acteristics from the ordinary
human being.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon sets Sos p m.
sun rises ITO a. m. sets 4:46 D. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17

EDITORS NOTE: Ii you are
desirious of securing this weeks
booklet entitled YOUR HEALTH
BOOK. address F. M. Kirby,
Dept. 8-109, Waterbury Democrat
Service .-;ureau, 1913 Thirteenth
St., Washington, d. c., with 10
cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-17
Q. Can a wPA worker join s

@. Can WPA worker Join 6
union?
A. Yes. To deprive, attempt to de-
prive, or assist in depriving work
er of his WPA job because OF mem
bership in a labor organization Is
punishable by a fine of not more
than $4,000 or 2 years imprison-
ment, or both.
@. What method is used to pre-
vent the formation of barnacles on
the hulls of ships?
A. Common practice an over the
world is to scrape the bottoms and
paint them with copper paint about
once a year.
@. Can carbon be dissolved.
A. Carbon Is infusible, and In
soluble in any known liquid at or
binary temperatures. It dissolves to
a limited extent In melted cast iron,
and In melted paraffin 1t dissolves
freely, separating out again IN the
form of graphite upon cooling.
@. Please give the names Of some
automobile collectors clubs.
A. Veteran Motor Car Club OF
America, $40 Sears Building, Boston,
Mass; Antique Automobile Club OF
America, 20 Ralston avenue, Upper
Derby, Pa; Horseless Carriage Club,
1876 Grove st., Sierra Madro, CALI.
O.. Who wrote the novel "CaStle
Craneycrow"? :.
A. George Barr McCutcheon. IL
was PUBLISHED in 1902.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30

The funeral of Mrs. Hannah N. Bowers of Piantsville, c former resident of Waterbury, was held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Gould funeral home, Plants vile. Rev. Philip King, pastor of the PIentsvilie Congregational Church, oflciated. Burial was in Quinnipiac cemetery, Plantsville.
 The funeral of Mrs. Barbara Jung Schneider was held yesterday afternoon ct the home, 6o East Farm street, when private services were conducted by Rev. Martin Lorenz, pastor of the First Luther an Church. Burial was in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 The bearers were John F. Cor coran, Fortunas Boudard, Francis Demenske, Herman Schelie, Will liam Taylor and James Johnson.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary s. Jones, wife of William F. Jones, will be held Saturday morning at 8:3O from her home, 20 Second ave- nue to the church of the Immacu- late Conception at g o'clock. Burial will be in the family plot, new St. Joseph's cemetery. Friends may call at the home today and tomcr- row afternoons and evenings.
 All members of Wheeler Young post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are requested to meet at 8 o'clock to- morrow night in front of The Elton, to attend, with the Lieut. Shea auxiliary, services for Mrs. William F. Jones, a sister of Col. William J. Shanahan, member of the post and a sister Helen Shanahan, secre- tary of Lieut.. Shea auxiliary.
 The funeral of Mrs. Anna Tenn porali, wife of Anthony Temporali will be held Saturday morning at 8 o'clock from the Maiorano funeral home, 05 Willow street, to Our Lady of Lourdes Church at g o'clock. Burial will be in the fam fly plot Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from 2 to ii p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
INQUIRY ON BUS
 MISHAP CLOSES
Defective Valve States C. K. &L. Co. Official; Com
 mission to Report

4 public utilities report on the bus accident on Bishop street Tues day which caused injuries to Jo- seph Rizza, 56, of 276 Hill street it expected to be filed within the next couple of days, according to Joseph P. Wadhams of the engineering staff of the public utilities commission.
 A. J. Drummond, division super intendent of the Connecticut Rail- way and Lighting Company said to- day that the company investigation of the cause of the accident has been completed. He said that oil and dirt clogged the treadle valve and threw the brakes out of work ing order. The bus rolled out of control down Crown street and crashed into an open lot on Bishop street.
 According to MT. Drummond the brakes had been "oked" Monday night and had functioned properly from a. m. Tuesday when the bus went into service until shortly be- fore ? o'clock when the accident happened.
 The treadle valve, when in work ing order, allows air from the com- pressor tank to pass into the tube leading to the brake band levers in the drums. All the buSses are equipped with air brakes.
 MT. Rizza was reported "very comfortable" at St. Mary's hospital today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-30
MILITARY TRIBUTE
 FOR WAR. VETERAN

Military honors were paid to Lawrence s. Mum of 212 Bridge street, at his funeral which took place on Tuesday from his home to the Mount Olvie A. M. E. Zion church. Rev. s. W: Weller ofdciat- ed. Margaret Faust was Soloist.
 A guard of honor stood at atten- ton during the services. Sergeant Wallace Inglis headed the escort, including Sergeants Charles Curtin and Francis Moss, and Privates Charles Bagley, J. Damico, D. Vicci, w. Slavin, and M. Wilcox.
 The bearers included Commander John Parker, George Stevens, Ar thur Wade, Lester Jenkins, George Allen and Hampton Steward, mem bers of William Wilson Post, Amer ican Legion. It was the first mili- tary funeral conducted by the col ored veterans.
 Burial was in new Pine Grove cemetery. Following the sound of taps, Sergeant Inglis presented the flag to Mrs. Mum.