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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Waterbury In Good Shape

An analysis of the financial statement is- sued by Mayor Frank Hayes for the first six months of the current year leaves little in the way of complaint on the part of any Waterbury taxpayer who is really interested in the welfare of this city. It in fact is statement that calls for the united praise of all the taxpayers of Waterbury for the effi- cient and capable manner in which Mayor Hayes administration has handled affairs in comparatively short time.
 To go into detail here as to just what the present administration has accomplished in exact round figures would take up more space than these columns permit. But the fact that yesterdays semi-annual financial statement shows that for the first time in years Waterbury is free of any floating in- debtedness except for bonds and loans is in- deed matter for which Mayor Hayes should be long and loudly applauded. Fur thermore another feature of the statement that calls for comment IS the fact that the cash deficit of l932. amounting to mill lion and three quarters or more has been paid in full.
 In fact the whole statement is glowing tribute to piece of amazing accomplish ment not exceeded in any other city of size in New England or perhaps, for that mat ter. the country at large. To have accom- plished all this in three and a half short years certainly rebounds to the credit of Mayor Hayes. Controller Daniel J. Leary and his chief officials in office. Waterbury has suffered little in comparison to cities right around us as regards cuts and layoffs in various departments and at the same time has given more towards relief than most cities. It is remarkable thing to contemplate. that at such a time this city has managed not only to keep its own hsad above water, but enabled thousands of others to do SO likewise
 There is, as we said above, little cause for complaint and if there is any it should be weighed well and considered from whence it comes and the motive behind it. To throw cold water upon the apparent earnest efforts of the present administration at such time and in view of such showing IS highly detrimental to the future welfare of this city and should be given as scant cred- epce as such actions deserve Petty fault finding in view of these outstanding achieve ments or twisting of figures to find fault amounts to the smallest kind of peanut pol itics and should be given no consideration by serious and right minded citizens. These are strenuous times and there are hard days ahead yet. but it is only with the aid of such citizens as Mayor Frank Hayes and his subordinates that such conditions can be met and eventually beaten. Anyone that thinks different is out with monkey wrench to wreck things, which in the last analysis IS a detriment to any community.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
ology of North and East Greenland seems to be established.

ology of North and East Greenland seems to be established.
 With these performances of Dr Koch ends the most ambitious ex- ploration in. Greenland ever att tempted by Denmark. Still in the prime of life, he has, in more than twenty years of exploring, made valuable contributions to the ge- ography and geology of Greenland. His mineralogical discoveries, in- cluding coal seams of good quality. are important. Dr Koch is well known as a lecturer in the United States. In 1880 the Charles F. Daily Medal of the American Geographi- cal Society was bestowed upon him.
 1t had long been conjectured that land existed in the Arctic Sea off Northeastern Greenland. When Commander Byrd flew from Spits- bergen to the Pole in March. 1926. his plan called for q change or route going back that would have brought him into the empty space off Northeastern Greenland; but one engine having gone wrong, 1t became necessary to lay his course direct to Spitsbergen. Dr Koch's success will encourage explorers to use the airplane systematically Tor the mapping of the. polar regions. Soon after Peary returned from the North Pole he saw in the airplane, then in it's early development, an Instrument invaluable for explora- tfon. and urged its employment. He was one. of the early trail breakers in. interior aud Northern Greenland. :, What x achievements might have been his If he could have taken tn the eirg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Competition No Excuse

"A court of equity will not lend its aid to protect business which can survive only by expressing its workers" These words, part of decision by Judge Harry Fisher of Chicago in case arising from dispute be- tween garment factory and its workers, sum up one of the most important phases of the recovery campaign about as we'll as any one sentence could
 It's worth looking for moment at their background. The workers in this Chicago plant were out on strike. Their weekly wages were somewhere between $5 and $9 below the minimum fixed by the NRA. Their hours of work were said to be from 55 to 60 hours a week. The factory own CTS seeking an injunction to stop the strik- CTS from picketing. explained that keen competition forced them to pay low wages and impose long hours.
 But the judge, after laying down the principle quoted above, denied the plea for an injunction, ordered MIRA hours and wage scales to be installed at once, and ruled that the company must comply with any code that may be adopted for the gar ment industry. Now there is more in this
 
 Judge Fishers blunt statement expresses truth that ought to have been self-evident long time ago. but which has seldom prevl- ously won approval from the bench
 The pressure of competition is the most frequently used of all excuses for unsatis- factory working conditions. From lumber camps to textile mills. from sugar beet fields to coal towns. it has been cited over and over again when workers have protest ed intolerable conditions Sometimes it has been justified by facts. Now. at last. it gets judicially knocked on the head.
 Unless you can pay your workers de- cent wage and make it possible for them to live like human beings you've got no right to be in business at all-that. in sub stance, is what it says It makes a pretty good rule. And that is why these various codes are SO important. They not only seek to improve the workers lot; they aim to curb reckless competition SO that it will no longer be necessary for an employer to pay starvation wages and impose sweat shop hours. They offer protection to the employer who wants to do the right thing. To the other kind they offer a one-way exit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Best Tammany, Is This Writers Plea

'"Tammanyism is human natures
 basest but ever-present side. con- stant reminder that self-govern-
 ment must be newly won each year."
 With this warning James E. Fin egan, one of the ani-organization democrats in New York who formulated the charges of waste and inefficiency against Jimmy
 Walker last year, opens his book'
 'Tammany at Bay" in which ne
 surveys New Yorks chances or getting something like recent city government out of the elections this fall.
 The one thing Tammany fears,
 he remarks, is its own record. The damning facts that have been brought to light about the kind of administration it has been giving
 New York in the last few years, he
 says; is enough to beat it this fall-
 if things are handled right. And yet, he warns, simply rak- ing over the old scandals will not
 do.. The indictment against Tam
 many in the approaching campaign
 must be up-to-the- minute if they
 are to succeed. Not otherwise will
 Tammany be skept on the defensive
 in the mayoralty fight.
 In the last weeks before election,
 Mir Finegan points out. the 1884
 budget must be drawn up and the
 1884 assessments must be publish ed. The relief scandals. will be at their worst If the opposition cap
 talizes on the talking points which these things are sure to give it.
 Tammany will get licked. Being 8 practical politician, MT Finegan goes on to mention cer-
 tain maneuvers which must accom-
 pany a winning fight. And he
 warns, in closing, that unless we are so discouraged and debauched Ethat we, despair of self-govern-
 ment," Tammany must be beatenu. | Published by Dodd, Mead and Co, his book sells for $2.5O,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
LAUGE KOCH'S EXPLORATIONS
(New York Timesl

A map of the Arctic published by the American Geographical So- ciety of New York in 1880 showed an open space between Northeast Foreland, Greenland, and Franz Josef Land in the same latitude but north of Kara Sea. Between Northeast Foreland and Svalbard
 (Spitsbergen) there was also a blank. In this space, the Danish explorer. pr Lauge Koch, using a Danish naval plane. discovered on Wednesday a chain of mountain- ous islands that seemed to have sa geographical relation with the Syalbard archipelago. In another flight on the same day Dr Koch learped that a mountain range be- ginning at the Denmark Fjord ex- tends north and continues into Northeast Foreland. so that long sought cnnnactinn between the ge-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Here, There And Eoe,yuuhere

tainly the insects adds nothing to the happiness of the grower or con- sumer of corn, but while we hear much as to- another tvr c--n pest, a grub that burrows in the stalk and destroys l., ,.l., a ... the ear is looked upon with indif- ference. We ere not at all satis- fled with the condition of things. What advantage will New England have over Old England if we have to abandon the cultivation of corn.
 Of course, we may have corn on the cob at the restaurants, but many will miss the satisfaction that comes from getting ones corn from one's own garden. Having that, one may turn his back on Heaven, to quote MT Emerson's line. But corn being as 1t now is, growing it Is more likely to be 8 tragedy than a pleasure. Is there ntohing to be done about it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
SAVING THE FILMS
.(New York Herald -!Tribune)

Warned by the ruinous chestnut blight. which was little regarded at the start, federal and state plant pathologists are sparing no effort to check, the Dutch elm disease be- fore it has gained headway. They need any number of volunteer watchmen as allies in sthe fight. Most helpful are such notices as the emergency call of the conser- vation committee of the New Jer- sey. Federated Garden Clubs ask ing. every one who sees an ap- eparently sick elm-leaves wilted, yellow and brown-to report the fact, In every such case pieces of the probably infected twigs (cut slantwise they will show brown streaks) as big as a lead pencil should be cut and sent to the Dutch Elm Disease Laboratory at Wooster, Ohio, or to the New Jer- sey Agricultural Experiment Sta- ton Plant Pathology Department, New Brunswick, N. J. IfSthe cul- ture study finds evidence of the disease the only safe course is to cut down and burn the tree. The fungous blight, which is contagious. kills on infected elm in one or two years
 How the disease reached the United States can only be conjec- tured First noted in Holland thir- teen years ago, 1t is discriminating the elms of the Netherlands, Ger many and France and has made serious inroads in England It's first American visitation was in Cleveland and Cincinnati, in 1880 and 1891 Less than a dozen trees were affected; they were promptly destroyed The new outbreak of the pest. discovered in Maplewood and South Orange. and still cen tering in northern New Jersey, ap- pears more threatening than it's Ohio predecessor Already Al autheS.icated cases have been deslt with. The obsefiant public can be of the greatest assistance in contfol of the pest by giving l'fsiIi ipformation to the authorities tS-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
To-day's Selected Poem
LITTLE VALLEYS

(Laura Benet in The New York Sum- No praise is ever given
 To little valleys Yet hills are riven
 With their mysterious alleys Calling for peace
 Like children on their knees. No clefts for dragon to spawn, No battling ground. only visioned dawn,
 Noon heat. even's still sound, Occasional kline
 Drifting as to a shrine. Untouched small places,-
 Dropped for men to hide Feud wetry faces Passed by in 8 stride. Starving sheep seek your covers. Unhappy mountain lovers!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

How would you like pepomato for your dinner tonight? A pepomato; in case you don't know what it is, is nothing but a cross between tomato and pepper. Constable Charles MaeNear of Ashland. Mass, did it and has brought considerable renown upon his little town. The constable describes the new vegetable as like tomato with a peppery favor but friends of his insist that it's like "a pepper with tomato flavor So there you know what pepo- mato is. ,,.. .t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Goldfish Code Settled.
, A. CORN PEST ;. (Hartford Courant)

A farm bureau official has told residents of Connecticut recently that 1t is perfectly safe to eat sweet corn even though worm Is found on the ear when the husk is removed. He adds that the worm has been present in the south for some years, and the buy CTS accept 1t as a token that the corn is native grown. They have had the pest for some time and accept 1t as calmly as old time; housekeepers did a grub in the core of an apple that they had par ed and sliced. t3,. " <
 We do not question it, but we object violently at the circum- stances that the grub has had the first chance at our ear of corn. If the housewife is wise, she des- troys the evidence by removing the tip of the ear or by cutting the corn from: the cob. If, however, the man of the house chances to aid his spouse by husking the ears,. there will be much waste, as he will discard the grub-infested ones. It may be best to get ones full of corn at a restaurant where one has mo tangible evidence of the prior condition of the vegetable,--. or is it a cereal?
 It is all very, we'll for authority to tell us that, on the whole, the grub is harmless, but why does not authority wage war upon 1t? Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
So They Say

When 1t gets hot, I let it stay hot.-Al Smith, interviewed about the weather.
 do not look upon the New Deal as Socialism. However, there is some Socialism in it. There is some Fascism. Essentially, however, it is educated democracy.-Secretary of Agriculture, Wallace.
 
 The blue eagle doesn't know anything about intra or interstate laws.-General Johnson, MIRA ad- ministrator. It's really not very dangerous, because If the first parachute doesn't open there's always the second.-Lee Gallup, parachute jumper.
 In 1929 taxation absorbed 5S per cent of my net income; in 1880, 1881, and 1882 1t absorbed the en- tire 100 per cent, and am advised that many others are having like experience.-J. S. Cullinan, Hous- ton, Tex, oil millionaire.
 
 It was gory in spots, but the most exciting thing I've ever seen. D. Roosevelt, Jr, de- scribing bull fight in Madrid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

High tide at Milford Wednesday, August B. 100 p. m.. daylight time; low tide. 6.57 p. m.. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

it eontempIates a million dollar college to be built. so we are informed. with local labor. What more could be desiredl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Personal Health Seruice
 (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

The new leisure that's being built into our industrial system may start our prole- tarat to playing golf and bridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8.12, daylight time, tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

of all suspected trees; directly so by submitting specimen twigs to the plant laboratory for examina- tion. The fight for the American elm-to many the most beautiful of trees-should bring every citizen who can help at all to the battle- front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22

Trust t-busters give way to brain-trusters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Rome
 DO Letter.
By THOMAS B. MORGAN United Press Staff COrrespOndent

Rome-(UP) ~. Italy's foreign trade continues to improve despite the baffling developments of pres- ent times,.' According to official figures just published by the gov crnment, the trade deficit May 3 stood at 610.4 million lire, as com- pared to 9S0.6 millions at the cor responding date in 1882.
 At the end of April, the total volume of exports for the first four months of this year increased by 191,092 metric tons as com pared to the figures for the pre- vious year. Finished products during this period increased as follows: 9t woolen goods ...... .a.S Percent Cotton goods ...... 13 Tulles and crepes .. 1O.6 Kid gloves ........ Rubber goods ...... 14
 Oils: Essential ..... 31 ''
 Motor ....... lS
 While these figures are offset to some exent by. declines for other branches of manufacture, official commentators here underlined the fact that they bear witness to the tcHdCIOuS clLOTtS Hiduc Uy 1ldiAdh industry to hold it's own on world markets.
 Turning to imports the govern ment figures showed that during the first eleven months of the cur rent crop year, wheat imports fell off by some 298.524 metric tons. the total standing at 295,946 metric tons for the period July l.. 1932-May 31, 1893 against 504,470 metric tons in 1931-32. Russia was the chief source of supply for hard wheat, the United States for the soft brand. As against this decline in the volume of imported wheat. there was an increase in the first four months of 1883 in imports of voal and fuel oils. scrap iron by per cent. raw wool by 21 per cent and rubber by 34 per cent. Imports of raw cotton were practically the same as in 1892. Taken as a. whole, the volume of imports declined in the first four months of this year by H,247 metric tons, r'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-22
Our Daily Washington Letter
 Miners Report to MIRA Brings Investigation
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

wrote, then telephoned the. man- ager of the Prick Company, who couldn't be located at his office.
 Investigation Ordered.
 The miners left, pleased. Noth- ing had been done about, their case at last accounts. The MIRA didn't have enough facts"
 But more miners found their way here with similar charges. Others wrote or wired complaints that the Morgan and U. $. Steel controlled Prick corporation had violated it's pledge with MIRA to stop discriminating against union leaders and to accept check weighmen elected by the miners.
 Threats of new coal strike made the Pennsylvania coal situa- tion an issue all over again. The mediation board decided on first hand investigation. Those first five bewildered miners had started something. sNf tr9 I've Printing Office Busy.
 You don't hear, much about, one of the busiest places in Washing ton, the Government Printing Of- flee. ,I r1 Among it's larger jobs for the MIRA it has printed, cut and fold ed 6 O00,000 copies of the presi- dents blanket code agreement with return envelopes and produced 22,- 000,000 MIRA consumers cards All so. 7,000,e coo forms and pamphlets for the Agricultural Ajustment Ad : ministration.,; ~. s.
 Goldfish Code Settled. I.aa z. After much fuss and worry, the goldfish and sausage-casing codes finally have been allocated to the MIRA instead of to. the A.A.A. i3
 Reason: Goldfish are fish, but not eating fish, and sausage castings are produced by manufacture rather than raised for the market by far mers. as; :"
 Copyright. 1888 NEA Service. Inc.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
THREE BRITISH A|RMEh
 FLYING SOUTHWARK
 AFTER NEW LAURELs

LONDON, Feb. ST hree air. planes flew southWard last night piloted by airmen hoping to win laurels for British aviation.
 Crowds stirred to high interest by the record-seeking attempts, 1nilled about billboards awaiting bulletins on progress of the planes.
 Two headed for Capetown, South Africa, and the third pointed for South America. Victor Smith, 19- year-old South African pilot, was believed well on his way toward Capetown, which he hoped to reach in less than four days, six hours and 54 minutes-Amy John son Mollison's record. The young man left Southampton at 7:1O a m. Tuesday.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
GUY POSITIVELY
 IDENTIFIED AS MAN
 "AT THE PORTHQLE'

LONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 8, - Marian Smith, Rockmart, Ga, girl member of the adventure schooner Carmas, identified William James Guy as the mysterious man at the porthole" who visited the Car ma shortly before Capt. Walter Wanderwell was shot to death.
 It was the first positive idenfica- ton of Guy during his trial as WanderWell's murderer
 The Identification came prema- turely, as the state was laborious- ly trying to prove his guilt.
 You had just sat down in the lounge room, had you not?" she was asked by an assistant attor- ney. Yes, and then MT. Guy came to the port-hole," blurted the young witness.
 Miss Smith then completed her identification by walking up to Guy and putting her hand on his shoulder.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
JAPANESE RADIO
 OPERATOR AWARDED
 MEDAL BY MACKEY

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, The only man who heard the signals of the States Line steamer Nevada when it went aground among the Aleutian Islands last September, is today the possessor of a gold medal for distinguished service. He is Moichiro Hida, radio op- orator of the N. Y. K. Line freigh- ter Oregon Maru, which went to the aid of the stricken Nevada and called the Dollar Line President Madison, resulting in the saving of three members of the crew. The medal was presented in be- half of the Mackay Radio & Tel egraph Co.,, by Chester Dix, com
 mercial representative.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
EUROPE 4 POWDER BARREL: MAY EXPL OOE
 AT ANY MOMENT I

LONDON, Feb. 7, Sinclair Lew is, author, who arrived here Sun day from the continent, said in an interview with the press that Europe is a powder barrel which may explode at any moment.
 He said that there is much more dynamite" on the continent to- day than proceeding the World War in 1914.
 He also said he favored Amerl- can cancellation of the British war debt, as a matter of friendship, rather than business, reiterating his remark of the previous day that America and Great Britain must have complete unity in roder to maintain world peace.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
IMMIGRATION OFFICERS OFFENDED SO
 DELAYED J. 5. LINER

YOKOHAMA, Feb 7,-Passeng- CTS aboard the Dollar Liner Presi- dent Jefferson, an American yes sel, were not permitted to land here until the U. s, Consulate sent letter of apology to Japanese 1m- migration officers for failure of 9 ship officer to recognize them.
 The immigration officers were not in uniform when they started to board the liner. A junior offl- cer, believing them civilians, re- fused to permit them to come aboard fingered, the Japanese returned to their launch. A veter- an employe of the ship recognized them and invited them to board the vessel.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-02-08
BL|ND|NG BLIZZARD ROWLING THROUGHOUT
 MIDWEST STATES

CHICAGO, Feb. 8,-A binding blizzard howled across mid-Amer- ica last night as the major storm of the winter struck with the full fury of ice, barbed wind and treez- ing cold.
 In Chicago, while a 34-mile an hour wind whipped the snow thru the streets, 130 snow blows chug- ged thru a six-incheS fall of white ness and temperatures sank to the lowest levels of the year.
 It was 36 degrees below zero at Miles City, Mont. It was equally cold at Bismark, N. D., and 40 be- low in few spots in between.
 Four high school students, who left their homes in New Kirk, Okla, to attend a movie, were be- lieved lost in the blizzard: they were Raney Goad, 21; Walter Tal- ley, IS; Myrel and Helen Paulson, Is and 19. They were driving an old sedan with two windows brok- en out.
 With eight dead, a score injured and transportation demoralized, Chicago prepared to battle zero temperatures today.
 The storm that engulfed the whole Midwest left foot Of snow here, schools were closed and transportation demoralized. Trains from the East and West were run ming from one to eight hours late