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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1883
Once More The Cry

Stratford's Town Council has gone on record as favoring special session of the Legislature. It has already forwarded res- olution to Governor Wilbur L. Cross, ask ing him to call one so that immediate con- struction of the Merritt Highway may be started. Our personal opinion is that if special session were called for this purpose it should not consider the immediate need of building the road, which has been recog- nized for some years now. but 1t should consider the source of the millions needed to construct it.
 As yet the state has not secured com plete right of way from one end of the pro- posed route to the other. This is easily ascertained from occasional news items of Fairfield county towns where state agents
 are buying up land where available. and where owners are not attempting to capl- talZe on the need of the land for the pro- posed route. Actual construction of the route is said to be started at several points. These eventually will all be linked. but not of course, until complete route has been laid out and money for the construction as- surcd
 There's the hitch. The state certainly hasn't the millions that would be required to start work on the road in September or October. And unless it floats bond issue of some type we don't see where it will get sufficient funds to do any differently than it is now. that is, using available funds for buy.ng land and building short stretches where possible. To float huge bond issue would be for the state to depart from system that we are supposed to regard as traditional in Connecticut. Retirement of tn. bonds would be accomplished by neces say diversion of highway department funds at regular intervals. It would be better ae- complished, though, to our way of think ing. by making the road toll one
 That's what the Fairfield County Plan ming Assoeaton decided some days ago, too. It called upon the state to tackle the inn msnse project by borrowing federal funds. Liquidation of the debt was to be accom- plished by tolls. If this is departure from tle ordinary course of events in Connecticut road building then set it down to the de- mands of the age. We want high-speed roads We've got to pay for them. What better way than to apportion the cost among those who are going to be the heaviest patronizers of these express routes, while tn. rest of us continue to support the re- mainder of the state highway system with large motor taxes and fees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
POSTAGE STAMPS AND
 PROGRESS
(Hartford Courant)

v
 We hear criticism of the three cent N. R. A. postage stamp re- gently placed on sale. It is of the standard color. for three-cent stamps, purple, but in reality rang ing all the way from the deepest of purple to the mildest of laven- der. That is usual with three-cent stamps, and when one buys a sheet of the denomination mentioned he does not know in advance what color will be given him.
 The criticism of the N. R. A. stamp is that one of the figures ap- bearing on it is holding scythe. though we have no idea that he has mastered the knack of sharp ening 1t. It is alleged that the scythe is obsolete as a farm tool. One now uses a mower, drawn or pushed by tractor.
 Perhaps it Is just as well that the farm implement mentioned is likely to be with us, for long time, since it is possible that 1t will be recognized when the stamp goes on sale in this city. It was assumed to be obtainable hereabout on Au- gust IS, but inquiry at noon on AuSuSC Q was IucI WAtu WOlN sAets they had not been received. The garden variety of three-cent stamps answered to the roll call. and the stock of nine-cent, eleven-cent and thirteen-cent issues was ample, and is likely to be, for the demand for these is slight. -
 There are stamp collectors in Hartford as there are in all cit ies, and 1t occurs that they should be given consideration. especially in city wherein the demand for stamps is assumed to be consider able. We hope the office has dis posed of its stock of Pan-American issues and most of the subsequent specials. Stamp collecting Is in creasing. and effort ought to be made to supply its demand. Tn other fields of endeavor, 1t Is felt that the time to sell is when the demand for the gods offered IS at it's best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Here, There And EDerywhere

pionship there is complete agree ment that the withdrawal of Mrs Moody anticipated the outcome of the contest. Miss Jacobs was win- ming when Mrs Moody became so weakened that she could not go further.
 Whether the disability which forced Mrs Moody to default is of such nature as to prevent her from taking part in national and international tournament play again, or whether rest will restore her to the form she has displayed on so many courts. her record in the game will endure as an incen- tive to all aspirants for honors at the net. It is twelve years since she won the girls national singles championship. In that period she has reaped all the honors that su- periority with the racquet offers to woman. Her years of supremacy have been many and colorful, and if finally she encountered her bet ter, she has merely undergone the fate of every champion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

Complete outlawry of the subealibre machine gun is coming at the next session of Congress, says Senator Royal Copeland of New York. And Mir Copeland should know since he is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Racketeering We re not sure about the federal Scotland Yard that is planned for the United States although in view of the complete success of this branch of the British secret service it recommends itself to us. It has certainly kept down the murder rate. while there are no kidnappings to speak of. but then England hasn't such perplexing troubles as prohibition laws with their vast Possi- bilities for law-breaking. Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

missioner Lswlor holding the fort alone. All of which might indicate that the days of usefulness of the board are at an end. What with Edward G. Dolsn to name a strike arbitration committee of five in his capacity as NRA chairman in this state we should certainly see no need for the state board, although when the NRA mediation group was suggested. we pointed out that its duties might simply be transferred to the then existing state board. There have been few requests for the board to operate in recent years. The labor department has exercised a good deal of it's power.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
So They Say

Education is our only hope or preventing disastrous wars.-New- ton D: Baker, ex-secretary of war.
 don't see any chance of gen. eral recovery unless we have inf1a- tion.-Senator Ellison D. Smith, chairman of Senate Agriculture Committee.
 International conferences are the pioneers of 8 new system Of cooperation. the inevitable result of democracy active in world af- fairs.-Prime Minister Macdonald of Great Britain.
 am not lady killer. Of course, when I go into those parts do my best.-Maurice Chevalier, movie actor.
 If we can convince the nation and the criminal that, like the Canadian mounted police, we get our man regardless of how long it takes, there will be very decided decrease in major crime.-J. Ed gar Hoover, chief of U. 5. Bureau of Investigation.
 I don't want fat and 50 Juliet when all the world knows that Juliet should be young. slim and beautiful.-Ugo Martinelli, opera impresario.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

cally on America. Her finances are largely controlled by those New York "bankers" against whom so much public, indignation was aroused in this country not long ago. Most of her bsuiness and trade is in American hands. She devoted herself to sugar produc- tion at America's behest; then America boosted its tariff rates, ruined Cuba's one industry and brought the island to complete eco homie ruin.
 MT Beals makes 1t clear that the mere expulsion of Machado will not solve Cuba's troubles.
 There must. he says. be a thew dear' which will restore to Cuba 6 measure of genuine political and economic independence. and
 under which the United States will recognize that the rights 1t asserts in Cuba carry with tbem definite and unacceptable responsibilities. "The Crime of Cuba ought to command wide and thoughtful lreading. It is being offered by ] lLippincott at Ss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

And while on the topic of England. 1t isn't too late to mention the fact that as predicted some weeks ago the Prince of Wales has lost one of his titles. He can no longer be ranked farmer. He sold his farm in Nottinghamshre. Among other features of the model farm were the pedl.. greed short horn cattle. Incidentally rumor has it that financial conditions in the royal house in England are such as to demand the sale of the Princes Canadian ranch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Our Daily Washington Letter Ickes Wants Action in Starting Public Works
 Program
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BY RODNEY BUTCHER

who has received a fine advisory job from the government of a small republic. He enjoyed the friendship and the highbaAls of the country's legation officials here. Last winter they told him their president was having reelection difficulties on the issue of which candidate would make the biggest hit at Washing ton.
 He went to Albany and obtained a large photograph of Roosevelt, then president-elect, autographed to the man who was already pres ident. The picture was used to ex- cellent effect in the campaign. The American, genuinely able citizen. was later invited to visit with his beneficiary-and was given the job. Defining R-N-A
 The IN. R. A." initials have been humorously translated into many versions. A hard boiled and dis gusted coal operator, who appar- ently had been given his first real lesson about the new deal, was heard to exclaim as he staggered down the corridor:
 Nuts Run America!" Copyright 1883 NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
To-day's Selected Poem
BUTTERFLY WEED.

(Leila Jones in The New York Sun) Each way. now strange birds flock to the pear
 tree, The air is full of their cries and the sound Of wings; the dappled and the gold leaf falling With sigh and shadow to the ground. The butterfly weed that set by lily And lupine is freighted with bales of white In tawny pod like fairy shallop, To sail on the wind when it turns tonight Whs use are walls in willow garden! As lover to lover .he restless seed Drj ts to the lane or the stony hollow IT at harbors bed for gypsy weed!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
P IN III !
 l NEW | i YORK
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York.-Legitimate actors, the vaudeville people, and even the circus folk are all working on codes for adoption by their branch- es of the entertainment industry. And now even the Coney Island freaks are getting together alter
 hours and going into minimum wage and 40-hour week problems.
 It turns out that most of the freaks do from 12 to IA hours a day. seven days a week, averaging only $l5 to $20 a week, depending on the sales of their postcards. Their idea is that there are plenty of fat. tattooed and bearded ia- dies. and an abundance of rubber necked, armless-wonder and sword swallowing men to run double shifts. Exc and Iko, the flaxen- haired men from Mars, could take turns posing on the platform. (And SO, for that matter, could the individual members of pair Of so-called Siamese twins) {. =.
 There are a lew recalcitrants, though, who are holding up an agreement, Susie, the Elephant skinned Girl, says she's absolutely the only one of her kind. Ana there's a buxom snake-charmer who has flatly turned down the idea of anybody spelling her with the serpents. Declares she won't let her darlings work Q minute longer than she. has to herself. ... One freak who isn't worrying about the MIRA code, or anything else right now, is Lyda Graf, the midget who was plopped into the lap of J. P. Morgan during the hearing at Washington. Lyda's a show by herself, charging 25 cents to hear her tell how it all hap pened. ..el
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Providence Boy Makes Good

Dwight Fiske, Providence, R. l., boy who made good in several different ways. is Hollywood -bound to write the dialogue for the next Mae West picture. No long ago he was enroute to a career as a concert pianist when, in Paris, Ma rie -Dressler asked him to play at one of her parties. Sitting there drumming idly and waiting for guests to arrive, he played some pieces he had written, with words about prominent people. Miss Dressler made him repeat them for the other folks So he became a society pianologue enter tainer in snooty night clubs, and last season at the Mayfair Yacht club his stuff amused enough peo- pie, and shocked enough people so that business was very good indeed Recently he did a book. called "Without Music," full of blank verse fantasies aimed at as- sorted celebrities. For instance, there was the one about Amer ica's greatest autumn flower, the Astor, waving slightly on her tired stem Also (from the days of Mrs Stuyvesant Fish, no doubt, s'the Biggest Fish in the world, ready to annihilate every little nouveau minnOW ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

vivaI lacking many a better play. Theater historians proclaim that it's tenacity is explained by it's summing of American fanaticism. Writes Professor Odell: If the other play (.Uncle Toms CabinD abol- ished slavery, perhaps after many years, "Ten Nights" brought us prohibition"
 There may be symbolism inher- ent in the fact that it's most recent incarnation was with a stock com- pany in the remote pastures of New England last May and failed dismally. It's anniversary occurs with appropriate precision in the week which. brought a devastating vote for repeal in Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
APPROPRIATE ANNIVERSARY
(New Haven Journal Courier) ',

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 Last week brought the eishtieth anniversary of the world premiere of "Ten Nights in Bar-Room." Fathered by William w. Pratt out of novel by T. s. Arthur, with star appropriately named Yankee Locke, this melodrama began a whirlwind sweep of the nation sec, ond only to that of Uncle Toms Cabin" Its niche in the hall of Americana is established. Dragged down and dusted off occasionally for a burlesque performance such as the Bouccicault. revivals of the Morley y-Throckmorton adventure in Hoboken. 1t has maintained q sur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
New York,s Unique Houses

George Gershwin has done a Rhapsody in Gray with his new apartment. It's gray paneled, gray carpeted, gray curtained. Two of the walls are nothing but win- dows, and there are his two pi- amos and lot of modern art about. Gershwin does some painting him. self. Hasn't hung any of them. though, except a portrait of his grandfather, long dead.
 Speaking of residences, the so- cialite Oliver P. Jenningses have a secret passageway and a chamber of horrors in their summer home. The chamber is room done in minute detail with the atrocities of the Gay Nineties, complete from what-not and plush, album to wax flowers under glass. The passage way was just a builders whim, now used only by the servants.
 Roland Harriman's house, perched atop a steep hill at Arden, N. Y., has funicular railway running up to it. The mansion was built by Edward Henry Hartman, the railroad magnate, who even had a toy train running around the dining room table
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Depositless Loan Companies

American commercial and savings banks by thousands have got into trouble because they accepted real estate mortgages. and thus froze their depositors' money. Likewise building and loan companies by thousands have got into trouble because they accepted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personai health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamD and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

High tide at Milford Thursday August 3l, 8:25 D. m., daylight time: low tide 2:57 a. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
MRS MooDY's DEFAULT
fNew York sunl

(New York Sun)
 As Mrs Moody was unable to play at the West Side Tennis Club on August 5, her collapse in her match with Miss JTcobA on Satur- day may now be said to have been forecast. Decision of any cham
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

Surely nobody can observe the work or summer vacation girls without realizing how much they need fair competitive code.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

It must be interesting up there in thu stratosphere, but lonesome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:59. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Detecting Monopoly

Detecting Monopoly
 How can the RNA discern a
 monopoly on the basis of an in dustry's mere paper evidence and so uphold the Borah amendment
 to the recovery act forbidding
 codes which permit monopolistic practices?
 Oswald F. Schuette, the famous
 trust buster" who is now concen- trating on Andy Melons "alumi- mum trust" says it can't. He pro- poses that when an industry has
 been investigated by the justice de- partment or federal trade commis- sion it's code be sent to that body for scrutiny. # Attorney-General Cummings has just finished an investigation of the Aluminium Company of America. Schuette says the Mellon concern makes all the crude aluminium and
 has maintained price of 23.3 cents
 a pound through the depression: that its control enables it to sell the semi-finished metal at 26 cents
 while independents. whom Schu- cite represents, must sell at 3S. Campaign Material
 This story may be apocryphal, but it's tld of a well known gent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
The Waterbury Democrat Washing
 

ion correspondent :
 Washington-Secr of the In- terior Ickes, who doubles as public works administrator. is chafing at criticism of the slowi getaway on his $3.3O0,0 0,0O0 program.
 He got after other cabinet mem- bers and their assistants at the pulp lie works boards last executive ses- sion, demanding that they report within two days their progress in translating money grants into &C., tual operations and jobs.
 He was talking to heads of the wary postoffice, treasury, commerce and labor departments
 About $1,2O0,0O0,000 had been allocated, but little actually ex- pended and relatively few per- sons put to work.
 Among the reasons is the in- adequacy of the P. W. A. per- sonnel.
 Personnel Weak
 Deputy Administrator Henry M Waite,, General Counsel Henry T. Hunt and Director of Housing Rob- ert Kohn, with one or two other specialists, are high grade. Other wise the outfit looks weak, with a notable lack of outstanding engi- neers and other experts. Some P. 4. W. employees are political appointees. Some were picked by Waite and few by Ickes. Recent assignments to P. W. A. of Emil Hurja. Jim Farley's patronage agent, doesn't raise any body's hopes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30
Profectine the Communities

Protecting the Communities
 The latest wise crock on Recov- cry Row is that the four policemen stationed outside the administra- tors office when communists were reported on the way were simply there to protect the communists from Johnson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-30

Campaign Material
 This story may be apocryphal. but it's tld of a well known gent
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11
EXCERPTS FROM u S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 812B

- WING to the extremely var
liable nature Of the oil
- ''sands" Of the Kelvin
Sunburst field, It is probably TIM
possible TO estimate from the
thickness OF the oil sand the quAnti-
" Of oil held in the ground The
estimate here given may prove to
be much too small, but they are
presented TO afford q conservative
guide to the probable total yield Of
the field. They were made by
considering the production of the
several townships and assuming
that future production win be like
that shown by the wells already
drilled.
Developments indicate that about
seven sections In Il. 80 N. r. 2W.,
win produce some oil. In these
sections Fl wells had been drilling
prior to January 4, 1925. rs Of
which had been productive. yielding
about 172.OOO barrels OF oil, or
about 1900 barrels to the
well. The seven sections would. II
fully drilled according 70 the spac-
ing Of the wells now prevailing in
the field, accommodate 1908 wells,
about Oue-haIf Of which could be
expected to be productive yielding an
estimated average Of ut least
5000 barrels. or q minimum total
Of 100000 barrels.
Parts of about ten sections in
4. 50 n, r. 4 W., have been
found productive. -Four OF these
sections have been very actively
drilled ON account Of the large pro-
duction obtained I'm them. About
40 wells in these four sections had
produced over 1900, 600 barrels Of
oil ON January 4, 1925, or about
1000 barrels each, and IL seems
probable that IL all the available
locations I'm these sections were
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

more than 1000 barrels. The total
production Of the township will
probably be ct least 100000
barrels.
4. 81, n, n. 2 W.. includes an
AREA OF large initial production in
Secs. = and 8, which on January 1.
1929, had yielded a little over
100000 barrels. Outside Of these
two sections the ARIA Of possible
production comprises about 10 SEC
lions, or 1,44O well locations, not
moro than one-fourth OF which Is
expected 70 yield rs much as 5000
barrels 70 the well. The produc-
ton Of this township win probably
be at least 5000, 900 barrels.
From the foregoing figures it
seems evident that the field may
safely be expected TO produce =
total OF $4,000, 900 to $4,000. 600
barrels Of oil. should more areas
of large initial production be struck.
should deeper productive beds be
found, or should the limits Of the
field IS now known be enlarged
the estimate given above may prove
70 be much too low. An inspection
Of the map showing the distribution
Of the wells indicates that other
areas Of large initial production
may be found and that the drilling
OF wells outside Of the limit given
in this paper for the producing
field on january 4, 1925, may pos
sibEy be successful.
An estimate based on the number
of wells that had been drilled prior
70 Janusry 4, 1925, (abOut 1907
the Quantity Of OH obtained (4,1ss.-
SIS baErelsl and the assumption
that the OH produced Is one-haIf
Of the total production to be exc
pected from these wells indicates
that the wells drilled 70 thae date
win produce q rough average OF
1900 barrels 20 the well. With
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1933-02-11

drilled, the wells would average At
least 1000 barrels, or . total of
1900. 900 barrels or more. Half
OF the wells on the remaining six
sections VIII probably produce a
minimum average of 5000 barrels,
or a total OF 1900, 900 barrels. The
township can thus be expected to
produce ct least 1900. 900 barrels
of oil.
Development has extended over
pretty nearly the whole OF 4. 85
n, r. 2W. On January 1. 1925,
$40 wells had been drilled I'm the
township. Of which about 200 were
rated as producers. The produc-
ton 70 that date was nearly 2.OOO,-
600 barrels, or 10000 barrels to the
well. The present spacing of the
wells allows 5,1S4 to the township.
II half Of these wells were dry and
the other half were TO make an
average Of only 5000 barrels each,
the township could be expected 20
produce ct least $4,000, 900 barrels
Of oil.
The productive part Of 7. IS n,
r. SW., consisting Of about 20
sections, had been tested by only
"a wells on january 4, 1925, a
little more than half Of which are
listed as productive, but no large
wells are included. Probably not
more than One-fourth Of the 2.S8O
locations I'm this area win yield as
much az 5000 barrels Of oil to the
well. This wouId make q total of
about 5000, 600 barrels, and the
total production may actually prove
TO be less than that amount.
By the first Of May, 1928. 4. 81.
N, r.. I W., had been tested by
about rs wells. most Of which were
in the northwestern part. About
four-tenEhs Of these wells are rated
as OH wells, including four which
had an initial daily production Of