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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
Cal Johnson No Lobbyist

Washlngton, Feb. D. CUP) - Be- fore I get around to Cal Johnson of Belleville, H., I must report that this town is full of lobbyists of all shapes, but mostly portly.
 There are more of these lads but tonholing congressman than there are congressman. This results ob- viously, in serious wear-and-tear or buttonholes.
 The association of Peanut Butter Grinders is represented here. So are the lead pencil makers, the soda pop bottlers, the sugar cane chop pers, the flour mix manufacturers the broccoli dealers, the fibre box builders, the artificial leg whittlers the apple dryers, the ice cream freezers, the stone crushers, the jelly preservers, the wire cloth weavrs and tn narcotics researchers.
 This is only the beginning. The movies, the postal clerks, and scores of other organizations have their capital glad-handers. Dozens of ex- congressman practice law before the federal courts.
 So much for an introduction to our friend from Belleville, Calvin D. Johnson, who used to be, until last month, congressman himself He lost out by 2,000 votes to Mel win Price, Democrat, and you know what happened?
 Some of the Republicans from his district sent Johnson back here as a congressman-wi without-portfolio and set him up in business to represent them in their multitudin- our dealings with the government The district produces coal, kitchen stoves, furnaces, iron castings, but ter churns, apples and other items too numerous for Johnson to men, tion. His employers consist of a dozen of the leading manufacturers
 "The original idea was to get 25.- 900 people to put up $1 each to send me back to Washington Johnson reported. But vetoed that. didn't think it looked right. So now am representing these businessmen, do- ing for them about what I used to do when I was a congressman
 He said he was no lobbyist. Hell leave the lawmaking to Representa- tive Price (Who was, unfortunately out of town and unavailable for commenD and stick to dealings with the alphabetical agencies.
 "The idea is that whenever one of these concerns wants to do any thing, it has to get in touch witt, Washington" he said. Tt used to be they'd have to send a man to Wash ington, now man on a railroad train is no good to anybody. With me here, all of these people are just as close to Washington as the near est telephone. handle their prior ities, their travel, their freight that kind of thing. It is a new idea but I see no reason why it shouldn't work out"
 Before he became a congressman Johnson was building contractor He's the man who went to Alton H., and stole railroad Cor at least the rails) for war plant he was | building in Granite City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
Lincoln Acclaimed As
 Champion of Democracy
Rev. Dr. Walker Dedicates Sunday Sermon to EuOgy
 of Great EmancipatOr; Loved Things He Believed in

We have a way of thinking of Abraham Lincoln as the ideal American" stated Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, Second Congregational church pastor, yesterday morning in his sermon, He Went About Doing Good
 pr. Walker said in part:
 His kindly good humor his pro- found understanding of the human heart, his unwearied patience, his brotherly affection and good will even for those who determined to be his enemies have endeared him to his fellow countrymen. Now this greatest of American heroes and statesmen must have had some un- deriving philosophy which guided him in his relations with his fellows. We know from his public papers and addresses that he was 8 student of Holy Writ. We know thta he was one who wrestled in prayer in hours when despair threatened to over Whelm him. He had profound faith in the Providence of God. We know too that he had saying, T have always plucked thistle and plant ed a flower wherever I thought a flower would grow"
 I have seen reference to this homely ideal as expressing the guid- ing philosophy of the Great Eman- cipator. see no reason to question that assumption. Lincoln lived in the light of that saying Wherever he had the opportunity to help his, felloWmen, to lift burden, to glad den a heart, to help someone in dis tress, his response seems to have been immediate and inevitable. Ab- raham was not afraid to pluck the thistle, to grasp the nettle. Anyone who knows anything about farming or gardening knows that a thistle is not easy to deal with. I have known several varieties of thistle at first hand and the thought of them brings back unpleasant memories. There are a great many weeds that seem relatively harmless. At least you can pull them up with 8 naked hand and be none the worse. Thistles have to be handled with care, with 8 certain kind of respect. The evils we know in this world are not easily uprooted. The man who brings challenge to any entranch. ed evil must expect to suffer some unpleasant consequences.
 notice too that Lincoln spoke of planting flowers where he thought flowers would grow. If you have only 50 much time to give, so much seed to plant. you had best do your planting where you can hope for a harvest for your pains. The children of this world some- times, often times. seem wiser than the children of light. We have been admoniShed to be as wise as ser
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
BY s. BURTON HEATH
 NEA Staff Writer

When victorious armies approach } famous old-world metropolis that they may have to capture street by street, there ordinarily is a psycho- logical revulsion against the im- pending destr tion of historic buildings, beloved art and architec- ture and symbols of culture.
 In the case of Berlin there will be little of this feeling because Berlin, though more than seven centuries old, has relatively little of cultural value that can be destroyed by shells and bombs and flame throw CTS.
 Berlin dates from about 1230, and Kolln, across the Spree river, is slightly older. The two were merged in 1709, some 300 years after the twin-town first became the resi- dence fthe Hohenzollern dynasty ano capital of the electorate of erandenburg.
 But Berlin, as a metropolis and world capital, actually is a more modern city than new world places HAhO NV" AOAAp OOoUOAl, G4lI1duclJIlld. For it was not until about 1870 that Berlin began to take on real im- portance. Its rise coincided with two events-formation of the German Empire under the HohenZollerns and building of international rail- roads for which Berlin became hub.
 RAIL CENTER
 Berlin (now Europe's second larg- est city) is situated on a sandy plain so flat that the highest point in the vicinity, the Kreuzberg, is only 200 feet in elevation. It has very little in the way of natural defensive fea- lures. The navigable Spree river bi- sectS the city, and an excellent sys- tenn of canals helps to give it access to the North Sea and the Baltic by way of the Elbe and the Oder rivers.
 Twelve main railway lines con- verge on the city from all direc- tions, and for the most part are in- terconnected, so that any rail move ment of importance within Germany would be badly disrupted if Berlin were held by an enemy.
 Unter den Linden is the best
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
COAL DELIVERED
 BY CITY WORKMEN

Eight city employees have been assigned to aid in delivery of emer- gency coal supplies to Waterbury families, as orders continue to pile up. The crew of city workers over the weekend bagged coal in 100- pound lots, and also undertook de- livery of reclaimed coke in lots from five bags to half ton.
 Two city trucks have been turned over for the task. Aid by the city was volunteered when the coal shortage became critical, and dis tress calls started to come in.
 Dealers report there is little chance for early relief from the shortage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
TURNER'S SPONSOR
 MASQUERADEB BALL

The Turner's annual masuuerade ball was held Saturday night in the club rooms. Henry FringS led the grand march. Top prize for cos- tunes went to group known as the Pirates which consisted of: Mrs. Gertrude Beerbaum, Mrs. Mary Kelner, Mrs. Male Sring, Mrs. Emma Gross, Mrs. Emil Hummel. Second prize went to the rag dolls: Mrs. Hilda Mueller, Mrs. Gertrude Lutz, Mrs. Rose Sitar, and Mrs. Stephanie Hoffmann, MT. and Mrs Frank Danaher were judged the best dressed couple. Charles Cornell was awarded a prize as the best dressed man and Mrs. Elsa Mrazik as the best dressed woman. The most comical man was judged to be Wayne Lag rond.
 Judges were Mrs. Robert Morri- son, Gus Reihl and Robert Cow mey.
 Herman Mueller was chairman of the ball committee, assisted by Jo- seph Hoffmann, George Kerner, Jo- seph Winterhalder, and Max Carmil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

pents as well as harmless as doves. Abraham Lincoln was wise in the choice of the day and the issue. When the time was ripe, and not be- fore, he wrote that Emancipation Proclamation. He awaited the day and the hour. Not many of the seeds he planted fell on barren or stony soil. Much that he said and did has brought forth the abundant harvest, thirty, sixty, and a hundred fold. Abraham Lincoln lives on in the af- fectionS of men because he loved his felloWmen and served them. He is regarded as the greatest of all the SpokeSmen for democracy, not sim ply because of his matchelss elo- Quence, but because he lived the things he believed and taught, he went about uprooting thistles and planting flowers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

known of Berlin's streets. It is fairly wide boulevard once famous for it's lovely tree-lined promenade. The trees, however, were cut down in 1887. It runs from what was once the imperial palace to the Branden- burger Tor, about a mile away.
 South of Unter den Linden, as far as the Leipzigerstrasse, stretch es the F'riedrichstadt, the govern ment quarter. The north end of the city houses it's machine shops; in the northeast are Woolen mills; in the east and southwest are meteal industries, furniture and dye plaEts; to the south are railroad shops; southwest and west is resi- dential; and acadamic, scientific and military institutions are in the northwest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

Many of the government build irgs are imposing, but there are no cultural landmarks that possess particular significance. The Cathe- dral is big and costly but far from beautiful, and dates back only to 1883. None of the museums, or, for that matter, of the universities, have buildings to compare with those of most ancient continental capitals. Statuary, whatever its artistic merit, is predominantly military and im- perial in it's inspiration.
 This will not be Berlin's first fall After the battle of Jena at the be- ginnin gof the 18th century it was occupied by the French for time, ana the King of Prussia had to move his government to Koenigsberg in what later became East Prussia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05

cluded three Guilford exhibitors, R. Walter Bishop, one first, David T. Cohen, two firstS; and Garrett M. Stack, two firsts, one second, one third; Frank Bonaminio. Hamden, one first, one second; Golden Egg Goose Farms, New Haven, one first;
 Stoneacres- Farm, North Haven, thirteen firsts, two seconds, one third; John Lightfoot, Orange, five firsts, three seconds and three third places; c. L. Sibley, Wallingford, nineteen firsts, four second places.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
DIVINITY STUDENT
 LED DISCUSSIONS
l6 Churches Represented Yesterday at Youth COun-
 Cil's Rally

Delegations of about 200 young people from 16 Protestant churches in Waterbury and vicinity attended rally on Preparing as Christians for the Postwar World" at the Grace Baptist church yesterday. Donald Claps, president of the Waterbury Youth Council, presided.
 Richard Hogg of the Yale Divinity school, led discussions on the inf1u- ence of the church on peace pro- grams and the value of the Dum- barton Oaks proposal.
 Rev. Gury H. Hanson, assistant pastor of First Baptist church, led a discussion of the value of military conscription of youth, a subject which split the assemblage; and Rev. Bruce Whittemore, pastor of West Side Hill Methodist church discussed means for overcoming race prejudice.
 Rena Weller spoke on Must We Sacrifice Our Ideals to Meet the Immediate Practical Situation?" Marion Andrews, Betty Burns, and Donald Claps took part in the wor- ship service.
 whose population of 100000 com- prises over 100000 Indians, were shown with a background of nar- rative and symphonic recordings.
 MT. Moulton stressed the point that reliigon is the prime motivat. ing force in tie lives of the Indians, and there is constant spiritual conflict exists between Christianity and organism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
(By United Press)

NDy OHlttu ITeSSD
 Moscow announces the capture of ROvnO and LutSk in Poland; also reports liberation of 200 towns and capture of 1000 Hungarian soldiers.
 U. s. heavy bOmbers, based in Britain, raid German airfieIds and strongly attack six airdromes in the vicinity of Paris; other American planes attack TouIon for the first time since Nov. 24; Vichy radio says the 26,5OO-ton battle ship, Dunkerque, has been hit and left burning.
 In the Marshalls, U. s. com bined operations wipe out remain ing Japanese resistance on three islands of KwajaIein AtOII. plac- ing all but II of the 30 coral spits in full American control.
 Premier Hideki TOjO calls on Japan for more complete CO., operation ito win the decisive vic tor"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
STOCKMANN GUEST
 OF CHURCH GROUP

Hans T. Stockmann, native of Berlin, and now naturalized American citizen, told Sunday Noon club audience at the Second Congregational church yesterday that the Allies must use force to down belligerent groups in Germany after the peace is won.
 The reason for the German morale holding up inspite of the in- evitability of her defeat was ex- plained by MT. Stockmann as part ly due to the German trait of do- ing work methodically.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
MOTION PICTURES
 CHURCH FORUM

A motion picture lecture, "Guate- mala Interlude", was presented last evening at the Second church forum by Arthur A. Moutlon, lectur- CT and traveller.
 Scenes depicting the villages, the market places, the churches, and the dress of the Guatemala people,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
COLORED PICTURES
 OF CAMP SELECTED

Colored motion pictures of activi- ties at Camp Rose, Bantam Lake, Will be shown by D.. JClA Nj. Te1- heit, president of the Lions Club, at a meeting of the Waterbury Ma turalist Club tomorrow night at 8 D. m. at the Mattatuck Historical Society building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-05
INDUSTRIAL FOREMEN
 HOLD SMOKER TONIGHT

Members of the Industrial Fore mems club will hold an informal smoker tonight at o'clock at the central Y.MCA. Technical and sports movies will be included on the program. More than 150 mem bers are expected, Walter L. Old royd, chairman, has announced.
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
Memorial Service
for Lieut.. Davies
Scheduled Sunday

OPHEIM - Memorial services for
Lieut.. Glenn Davies, 25, son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Davies, army fighter
pilot who was killed in combat over
Jugoslavia, Feb. 8. will be held in
the Farmers Unicn hall here at 2:30
Sunday afternoon. They will be
under auspices of the American
Legion. with the Rev. Grant S.
Moore conducting.
Lieut.. Davies was born in Aneroid,
Sask.. July 25, 1919. He had lived in
northern Valley county with his
grandparents and in Glasgow. most
of his life before he entered the
army. His mother died a few days
after his birth.
Lieutenant Davies graduated from
Glasgow high school in 1887 He was
employed at the Boeing aircraft
plant in Seattle when he enlisted
in the air corps in 1912. On COM
pletion of his flight training, he
went overseas in October, 1914.
Lieutenant Davies P-38 Light
ming fighter was struck by antialr-
craft fire on Feb. 8, while on a
mission from Italy to Zagreb. Yugo-
slavia. Because it was not then
known whether he had been able
to parachute safely to the ground,
he was first listed as missing, IN
action. followed by word later that
he was officially listed as killed in
action.
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
Game Men i'm
Check Of
Reservoir Fish

Test surveys made by state fish
and game commission employees in
several stock water reservoirs in
Valley county indicate a number
may be overstocked and that steps
may be taken to remedy the situa-
tion.
This is the statement of H. c.
Friede, deputy state game warden
stationed here, and Jack owen of
the fisheries department, with head
quarters in Helena.
The reservoirs originally were
stocked by the soil conservation
service in cooperation with the state
department. There are too many
fish to be supported by the plant
and insect life in some small reser-
voirs, the men said AS a result, fish
are dwarfed and some species
eliminate others.
The men reported a heavy crappie
population in No. 9 reservoir %
miles north of Glasgow on the OPP
helm road and said that fishermen
will have good luck there. Also
overstocked is UR82, the Ward res
ervoir west of Baylor. The men
removed 5000 adult fish from the
reservoir and took them tc Fort
Peck lake.
Just what procedure pay be
adopted in cases of population
CT fish has not been determined. 1t
may be necessary to eliminate all
fish by poisoning reservoirs, then
restocking with desirable species.
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
Brazilian to
Study Valley
Rural Areas

Senorita Cilda Moroira Gomez OF
Sac Paul. Brazil. will spend several
months in Valley county this sum-
mer studying farm and ranch life
and assisting Miss Iva Holiday
home demonstration agent. with her
work. She will arrive next week and
will live at the Sidney Cotton farm.
She will accompany Miss Holiday
to home demonstration and All
club activities.
Senorita Gomez is a graduate of a
normal school and university at
Sac Paulo trained as a nutritionist
health instructor. She came to the
United States six months ago as a
student sponsored by the Institute
of inter- American Affairs in whose
training the extension service CO.
operates. She has been taking a
course of study at the University of
Maryland the past six months.
In a letter to Miss Frances Smith.
state home demonstration leader,
from the department of agriculture.
Miss Gomez is described as having
a cultural background and as having
travelled extensively in Brazil. She
desires to come to Montana because
she thinks of the state as big
range cattle and sheep country like
certain areas of Brazil.
She will live in a farm home to
give her an opportunity to know
more of rural home life and agri-
cultural management. Miss Gomez
will return to Brazil in November
TO do extension work there.
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
Glasgow Will
Be Site Of
Vets Service

Information received this week
from Sen. B. K. Wheeler stated that
the veterans administration facility
at Fort Harrison has been granted
authority to establish a contact
unit. to consist of a contact repre-
sentative and a clerk-stenographer
at Glasgow.
y understand that this contact
unit will be opened as soon as de-
siraole space can be obtained and
personnel procured and trained. The
office will be expanded with the as
signment of additional personnel as
the needs of the service require,
Senator Wheeler's letter added.
Local men familiar with veterans
affairs said they believed that the
contact would serve as a clearing
house and information center for
all types of veterans assistance
that come under the jurisdiction OF
the veterans administration.
Meanwhile. indirect word has
been received that Miles City and
Minot. N. D.. are probable sites for
proposed veterans hospitals in
eastern Montana and western North
Dakota. Glasgow was among the
cities surveyed as a possible loca--
ton and a local committee had
done considerable work on the pro-
ieCt
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
SKOTT, LONG
RESIDENT OF
COUNTY, DEAD
Funeral Services Are Held in
ScObey for North Valley
Farmer
BY Courier Correspondent

RICHLAND-Death claimed one
of this community'S early settlers
when Hans Skott, SO, died shortly
after midnight Saturday morning at
a Scobey hospital, where he had
been a patient the past few weeks.
He suffered a heart ailment and had
been under doctors care during
most of the past year.
He was born at Dremmen, Nor
way, March 25, 1886, the son of
Hans ard Trena Skott. Both par
entS preceded him in death, as did
an only brother, Ludwig. He was
baptized and confirmed in the
Lutheran faith. At the age of %
he left Norway and went to Cuba
where he spent two years.
He came to the United States in
1910 and worked near Hillsboro, N
D., until 1915 when he came to
Montana and homesteaded in the
Avondale community where he con-
tinued to live and operate his farm
until his death.
A few years ago he built a home
in Richland where he and Mrs.
Skott spent the winter months. He
was married TO Maria Halvorson of
Hillsboro, oct, 1918, at Glasgow
To this union was born one daugh-
ter, who died in infancy. He is sur
vived by his widow, one stepdaugh-
ter, Mrs. George Stahl of Richland,
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the ScObey Luth-
eran church with the Rev V. c. BOe
al
two solos Pallbearers were John
Reilly, Les Gray, George Phillips.
Atle Tarum, Ben Wilson and Trygve
Nielsen. Burial was in the Scobey
cemetery.
Two brothers and a sister of Mrs.
Skott were present for the funeral.
They were II. T. Halvorson and
Theodore Halvorson both of Hills
boro and Mrs. Bertha Rauk OF
Bottineau, N. d.
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
3-YEAR-0LD
KILLED in
CAR MISHAP
Myrna Johnson Struck as She
Sits on Steps at
Farm Home

Three-year-ol Myrna johnson
was killed on the steps of the farm
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John French, north of Nashua
Friday afternoon about 2:30 when
she was struck by car cut of con-
troll driven by her aunt, Fay French,
IA.
Coroner j. A. Holland said death
apparently was almost immediate
and was caused by a skull fracture
Fay was returning from a session
of summer Bible school at the
nearby Big Four school. She turned
into the yard and guided the car to
its usual parking place near the
house. However, she lost control and
the machine ran into the steps
where the bumper struck Myrna.
Fay had not been driving the car
long, the coroner said.
Funeral services were held in the
Glasgow Methodist church at 2
tuesday afternoon. The Rev. Grant
S. Moore officiated. Burial was in
the French family plot in the Glas-
gov cemetery.
Myrna, who was born in Glas-
gov, was an only child. Her father
is now at sea with the navy and her
mother lives in Glasgow Arrange
ments were in charge Of the Holland
chapel
The Glasgow courier., 1945-06-28
SGOCknlera MAY
BE Eligible
For Payments

A news release from the county
Triple-A office this week indicates
that some Valley county stockmen
will be eligible for federal beef
cattle production payments. De-
tailed Instructions and application
forms for payments are available
at the office in Glasgow, Thomas A
Wagner, county AAA committee
man. said.
The payment of so cents a live
hudredweight, which will be throcgh
sight drafts redeemable at local
banks, will be made to feeders up
on satisfactory evidence of the sale
of eligible cattle,'' the release
states. Sales on or since May Is
apply.
ITO collect the payment, a feeder
is required to own the cattle at
least 80 days Immediately before
their sale" the release adds. He
must also sell to a legally author
lied slaughterer who operates under
federal inspection Or under an OPA
permit. The cattle must weigh at
least 300 pounds at the time of sale
and bring not less than the mini
mum price for good or choice grades
in the zone of sale. The minimum
price for good grade cattle at
Chicago is $14.25 per hundred"
Application for payment must be
accompanied by sales receipts, in
voices, scale tickets or other written
evidence from the buyer to verify
date of sale, name of buyer, point
of sale, number of head, the total
live weight, the price received and
the name of the legally authorized
slaughterer to whom delivered.
Average lot weight may apply.