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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

He knows newspapermen jump at conclusions. When Russian recognition was accomplished, he locked his doors aud read the entire agreement aloud to the press.
 But with the Cuban statement the hour was late. Newspaper men rushed to their telephones, picked up the last sentence and featured it.
 The last sentence said that Ambassador Welles soon would be replaced by Jefferson Caffery. This had been made public three months before. But in the mid night rush it became the news of the hour.
 So the general public believes Ambassador Welles was recalled. WAITING
 See you are going down to Warm Springs?" a newspaper man remarked to Secretary Ickes.
 "All I know is what read in the papers," Ickes replied, smil- ingly. II woke up and read in the morning paper I was going there for little vacation with the president. Struck me that wasn't a bad idea. so I packed my bags and got ready"
 "When are you going ?"
 "Oh, just as soon as Pm
 "Oh, yeahw interiected Col. onel Henry M. Waite, his friend and assistant. "You mean as soon as you get an invitation"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Just before he left the state department, Assistant Secretary Payer sent out a circulator re- quest for the names of all state department members who were football players. No one has yet discovered why he want ed them. The fat goldfish which swim in the fountain of the main agriculture depart ment building cost $2.50 retail, but the department gets them at a discount; Brigadier Gen. eral Alfred T. Smith, recently active in reviewing R. o. T. c. units was once called General Hard Luck Smith," He was nominated for promotion to the rank of brigadier general two years ago, but the senate held up his name for more than a year - merely because there seemed to be too many generals.
 (Coyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
HISTORY

Waterbury's (then Mattatuck) earliest settlers of whom there is written record were a group of young men, most likely all from Farmington, and their families and were dwelling in their own houses before the end of May, 1881. These early planters were a God-fearing we'll born and bred group. The green" plan with house lots sur- rounding it was adopted and laid out under the guidance of the As- sembly's Committee. Thirty-one of these lots were allotted to the thirty-one men who signed the 1874 documents.
 Beginning at the southeast cor ner of the Green the lot marked Deacon Thomas Judd for John Judd" and the name Abraham Andrews, cooper" underneath. To the westward was a lot owned by Daniel Porter and his son Daniel. Next to the Porter lot where the old City Hall was located was the Timothy Standly house. The fourth lot was the location of the old Silas Bronson library on Leaven- worth street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
(Coyright, 1883, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Moscow Letter

Moscow. (UP)-Stalin's name recently was attached to another gigantic construction, carried out | in large part by convict labor, com | pleted after three years intensive work in far-off Tadjikistan, where the Soviet land borders Afghanis- tan.
 Practically unknown, huge ir- rigation system was finished in the valleys of the Vakhsh and Piandj rivers, transforming a desert land | into what may become one of the | worlds richest cctton-raising re- | giors.
 Canal 55 Miles Long A capacious canal 55 miles long connects the two rivers, and branching from it is an irrigation net with a total of nearly 50,000 miles of canals. The main artery was blasted through solid rock in most of it's course and was made 36 feet wide and 59 feet deep, 8 task of enormous difficulty. Hundreds of thousands of men and women labored on this under taking for three years under ardu- ous physical conditions which took a cruel toll in lives. Many of them were outright convicts. A large proportion were exiled ''kulahs," drawn from villages all over the Soviet Union. The tragedy of this labor never will be told-only the grandiose results are on view.
 Press silent on Work While the work was underway scarcely a word about it appeared in the press. It was only after it's completion that the nation was told the facts. The region opened to intensive irrigation farming was named Kaganovich Land in honor of Stalin's right-hand man, Lazar Kaganovich, and the canal system was named in honor of Stalin him. self.
 The opening of the irrigation system in the Tadjik Republic came soon after the official open ing of convict built canal at the other extreme of the vast Soviet land, namely the one connecting the White Sea and the Baltic Sea by way of Lake Oneiga. That, too, was named after Stalin.
 In addition to the native popu- lation and the exiled "kulaks," the irrigated land in the Vakhsh Val ley will be made available to vol-
 untary settlers. Egyptian cotton, grapes, citrous fruits and rubber will be among the products cul- tivated. chiefly on large State- owned farms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Tells Of Boyhood In The Northwest

Max Miller seems to have found a new method of creative expression in literature. He writes books that can't be classified easily not fiction, not autobiography, not collections of essays, but a sort of blend of all three; and in them he contrives to present 8 critioue of the life about him which is more intelligent and thoughtful than is the case in many books that are far more pretentious.
 His newest work IS 'The Begin- ming of Mortal.' It is simply the story of his own life, from early boyhood to the edge of manhood. Yet 1t Is not exactly an autobiog- raphy.
 MT Miller has seined up from memory the sort of material that most writers use for construction of novels-but he hasn't written the novel. Instead, he gives us this series of sketches, which shed upon the society of the Pacific northwest a light that Is clear and dispas- sionate.
 AIC tCAlo ho OL UOy uOOu HI a uet Sound lumber town; of the mills there, and the way they com- dition the lives of the townspeople; of the town characters" the towns folk lore, the bank crash that finally sent his family to a Montana ranch to recoup it's lost | fortunes.
 Then we get a glimpse of the Montana frontier; hard land of great loneliness, in which a boy had to grow up without playmates, in which the wind never stopped
 blowing and the prairie grass stretched endlessly to the horizon. And at last he takes us back to the coast again, and bids us good- by as he begins his career by get ting a dollar-a-week job as report CT.
 It is a strange, intimate, and deeply pleasing book. Published by Dutton. 1t sells for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Although Utah normally would be the last state to ratify the amendment repeal ing the 18th amendment by virtue of it's location an effort is now being made by Ohio to secure this honor. Three states - Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Utah - vote on December 5th. There are already 33 ratifying states, so that when the last of the above-named trio shall have acted, prohibition will officially be at an end. Repeal conventions in the three states are to be called at noon. Naturally Utah be- ing so far west will vote last on the re- pealer. Pennsylvania will vote at 12 noon, New York time. At 1 o'clock D. m., our time, it will be noon in Colum- bus, Ohio. Noon at Salt Lake City, Utah, would be p. m., eastern standard time. If Ohio can only halt it's proceedings through some unavoidable CD delay it will steal the show from Utah, which is now making elaborate plans to broadcast the ceremony. Seems rather dirty trick to play. We hope that Utah may find the same sort of an unavoidable delay necessary and regain the honor which really can't be denied it. And Utah, we must remember, was considered the driest of dry states. It is certainly not to be deprived of any planned celebration by becoming the Seth ratifying state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

It is good idea for the Department of Commerce to plan the construction of 2,OOO municipal airports in the United States. This gigantic task is made possi- ble through the Civil Works Administra- tion. $1OO00,O00 is to be allotted to towns and cities without airfield facilities and which can't afford to appropriate money for such purpose. Waterbury is in this class and certainly would be glad to have an air field, that it could maintain prop erly, within city limits. There have been attempts made to build such a field. In fact, one was laid out few years back. But nothing ever came of it. Now per- haps we can do something along the lines that as big city as Waterbury is should do. We can't shut our eyes to the future of air travel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS

Chief George Egan was appoint ed chief of police in 1884 hold ing office until 1902 when Super intendent George NJ. Beach was named. The outstadning services of the police department during the first part of the century were the trolley strike in 1908 and two big industrial strikes during the World war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

result in a fresh determination upon our part to interpret the laws as their makers intended them to be. Perhaps it will re- suit in the distribution of justice as was intended. Our way of granting immunity today is leading us fast into paths of de- cay, as witness the reversion to primal urges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
.DAILYWASHINGTON .MERRY-GO-ROUND
: By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Wddces Refusal to AOO Whskey Flood Stirs Distilers Ire; Any Liquor Beyond the Production Limit of 1918 Must be Imported How Roosevelt Got Wires Crossed in Issuing His Statement Cuba Had Intended to ndorse Weles Politically With No Hint of Recall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Q. Name the winners of the Kentucky Derby for the last five years.
 A. Clyde Van Dusen = May IS, 1929; Gallant Fox = May 17, 1930; Twenty Grand -. May i6, 1931; Burgoo King = May 2, 1932 and Brokers Tip = May 6, ,1933.
 Q. Can gold be extracted from sea water?
 A. It has been, but the process is intricate and costly. The cost of production from sea water is about twenty times the market price of the metal. Researches have been conducted which show that there is an average of one ounce of gold to 31,O00 tons of sea water.
 0. How is the number nine thousand five hundred followed by eighteen ciphers read?
 A.. Nine sextillion five hundred quintillion.
 0. How old Is Ben Bernie?
 A. Forty years.
 o. Name the highest naviga- ble lake in the world.
 A. Lake Titicaca in South America, elevation 12,5o0 feet. est 'areaa
 A. Rhode Island.
 Q. Which five countries have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

A complete eclipse of the sun was visible in this city January "A. 1925, weather conditions and visibility perfect; another eclipse, total in certain parts of New Eng land, but not wholly visible here, occurred August 31, 1932.
 Waterbury's first fire depart ment was organized in 1880, con- sisting of sixteen men, and was known as the Mattatuck Fire En- zine company.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Southern Californias mild climate, about which so much is written and said, is produced by natural hot air furnace, according to youthful meteorologist. A 12 mile mountain pass accounts for it all is his claim which contradicts old theor- ies of weathermen and scientists. Cajon Pass, gash in the San Bernardino mountains, is the only vent in the moun- tains that lets in the cold air. It is com pressed by the earth's atmosphere and heats. Block this pass and southern Cal ifornia would lose it's orange industry, he claims Better not experiment then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

A. Great Britain, the United States. Japan, France and Italy in order given. e. Are the Great Lakes salt or Fresh water?
 A. Fresh water. c. Give the area of Yellow stone National Park; the states in which 1t is located and the wild animals found in the reservation
 A. The area Is about 3.4SS square miles, approximately 2.200.- 240 acres. Most of the park is in Wyoming. with 257 square miles m Montana, and 25 square miles in Idaho. Among the wild animals in the park are several thousand elk. few hundred moose, and many deer, antelopes and noun tain sheep; herd of approximate ly a thousand Buffalo, and numer- ous brown, cinnamon and black bears.
 O. What is the area of Alaska including the Aleutian Islands?
 A. It contains 586,400 square miles.
 Q. Name the capital of Belgi. una.
 A. Brussels.
 If you want a copy of our bull letin on Crypt0gralls, write to The Waterbury Democrat. Wasli- ington Bureau, enclosing five cents i'm postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Waterbury became a city in 1853. Julius Hotchkiss was chos- en the first mayor by unanimous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Tests recently made in London show that typists make as many as S0,000 key strokes in an or- dire-v husinass Sev.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

We are glad to see that work has pro- gressed so far on the Thomaston avenue project that the state highway depart ment can call for bids on the construction of the new road. We certainly hope that it will be completed for the 1884 summer traffic. It is high time that Waterbury, sometimes nailed as the Gateway to the Berkshires, should open this gateway on a fine stretch of road. The Waterville road has been no credit of recent years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Improving crop prospects and rising prices are bringing cheer to Argentina,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

All vehicles must be lighted not later than :h5 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Now that our foreign reds are pretty we'll suppressed, our home talent may have fair chance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

e. Which state has the small est area? A. Rhode Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL

think? communications with opinions of kind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Q. Name the capital of Belgi. una.
 A. Brussels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Q. Which five countries have the largest navies?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

Q. How old is Ben Bernie? A. Forty years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-01

o. What is the area of Alaska including the Aleutian Islands?
 A. It contains 5S6,400 square miles,
Evening star., 1933-02-28
FARM PLAN FIGHT
| IS LOST BY lands
Final Blow Comes as Minor
Leagues Accept Fourth
Release Rule.

~HICAGO. February % R.-The
long fight Of Base Ball Com
missioner Kenesaw M. lands
against the farm" system, TO-
day was a lost cause, with the accep-
tance by the minor leagues OF the
transfer rule adopted last December by
major league club owners.
The new rule will permit major
league clubs to release a player on op-
ton three times and release him the
fourth time to one of its farm clubs.
The old rule, in the enforcement OF
which Lands went to court two years
ago, permitted three optional releases.
but the fourth release had to be out
right to a club not affiliated with the
major league team.
Lands contended that the new rule
was illegal, until the minors accepted
it. The minors were represented by
Judge William G. Bramham Of Durham,
NJ c., president Of the National Associa-
ton Of Minor League Clubs. President
William Harridge, Edward G. Barrow
Of the New York Yankees, and L. c.
McEvoy of the st. Louis Browns, sat
in for the American League. and the
National League representatives were
President John A. Heydler and Sam
Breadon and Branch Hickey Of the st.
Louis Cardinals.
Lands successfully went to court to
compel the Browns to release Outf1elder
Fred Bennett, after he had been shifted
about among st. Louis subsidiaries three
times and was about to be optioned
out again.
Evening star., 1933-02-28
MEXICAN HAS SHOT
ATFEATHER TITLE
Arizmendi, 19, but Veteran of
Ring, Under Dog Against
Miller Tonight.
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

7 OS ANGELES, February 28.-A-
berto Arizmendi, sturdy little
l. Aztec who took up flsticuffs at
the age Of in the bull rings
of old Mexico for candy and centavos,
will fight Freddie Miller for the feather
weight championship Of the world to-
night.
Baby Arizmendi he was then. and
now a 19-year-old veteran of almost
800 bouts, he still is the brown baby Of
Mexico City.
Miller, 2l-year-old scrapper from
Cincinnati, who several months ago
southpawed his way to a decision over
Tommy Paul to win the National Box
ing Association feather title, is favored
In his first defense of the crown.
The defender has shown more In
the gymnasium in the way of sound
boxing and hitting ability. which is the
reason for the odds Of 2 to l in his
behalf
Arimendi never has been much for
displaying his wares In workouts. He
isn't supposed to be a terrific puncher.
He doesn't get set. He covers up when
his opponent launches an attack and
lets him fire away.
Then he bursts forth from his shell,
sweeping the fighter from one side of
the ring to the other in a wild attack
that defies defense.
THERE has been an intimation
i Arizmendi might change his meth
odS and box Miller-that he might
tame his fury and measure his blows.
His important victories. those over
Paul, Ffdel La Barba, Speedy Dado and
Newsboy Brown, were fought In his
characteristic rip-roaring style.
Miller has fought IS fights and lost
only three Of them. His defeats were
at the hands of Paul, in the first title
event; Johnny Farr and Battling Bat
talino. A victory for Arizmendi would
mean the first championship for the
republic to the south.
At the ringside tonight, among other
f1stic celebrities, will be Harry Gilmore,
80, who was generally recognized As
years ago as featherweight champion
Of the world
The last featherweight championship
bout to be staged here resulted in a
draw between Johnny Kilbane and
Johnny Dundee in 1913.
Evening star., 1933-02-28
THOMPSONS, VINCENT
ON ALL.STAR CUNTS
Two D. c. Boys, Marylander Picked
as First, Second Teams in
Conference Chosen.

RALEIGH, N. c., February % OP).-
Two South Carolina tossers and one
each from v. P. l., Duke and North
Carolina State were named to the ALL
Southern Conference basket ball team
picked for the Associated Press by q
vote Of ofI1cials and coaches Of the
tournament.
Freddie Tompkins, left-handed South
Carolinian, and Bus Hall, v. P. T., were
picked unanimously as the forwards.
Jim Thompson, Duke center, received
all but one Of the ballots, while Bennie
Tompkins, South Carolina, and Gilbert
Clarke, North Carolina State, were the
guards chosen.
Balloting put Wilmer Hines, North
Carolina, and Rufus Vincent, Mary
land, at the forward posts on the sec
ond team, with Dana Henderson, South
Carolina, center, and Vergl Weathers,
North Carolina, and Herbert Thomp-
son, Duke, at the guards.
Jimmy and Herbie Thomson are
Washington boys who used to star for
Western High School. Vincent, Old
Line center, who scored 220 points in
20 games during the season, lives at
Hyattsyille.
Evening star., 1933-02-28
Champ Doesn't Like His Event
Hardin, Olympic Hurdler Record Holder, Would
Rather Run, Jump or Vault.

compete in any other event." he de-
clared.
Hardin ran second to the irish
man, Tisdall, In the Olympic con-
test but was credited with q new
Olympic record Of So seconds, tieing
the world mark, when Tisdau
bounced over one hurdle In his
sprint toward the tape.
Those last few hurdles looked
six feet high and thought I would
need a pole to get over them."
Hardin grinned, as he recalled his
big race last Summer. Il surely
hope that race Is never added to the
college programs"
Glenn hopes to surpass old South
ern Conference marks both in the
quarter mile and the 220-yard low
hurdles this Spring. He's bettered
both in practice, the "a seconds for
the hurdles and 40 seconds for the
quarter.
Evening star., 1933-02-28
Crowder Outguessed Him, Tommy Admits
High

That's his weakness" said the
boss, give it to him."
Pop Crowder Smacked the high
and wide one right over the fence"
Tommy told the log-fire gathering.
Then" said Tommy, II told the
manager that maybe that isn't his
weakness"
But it used to BE-" said the
General.
Sylvester Breen, the loyal Wash
ington fan from Alexandria, Va,
sends a post card Of japanese war
scene, his greetings to the writer
written in Gaelic and Chinese in
scriptions printed on the card. But
he wished the boys at camp a lot Of
luck just the same.
A joke on Moe Berg fizzled yes
terday morning. The boys framed
up q wire with Grifith's name ap-
pended In which Moe was told to
continue on to California and report
to San Francisco Of the Coast
League. Moe took q look at 1t,
smiled, and said, II have . book"
Evening star., 1933-02-28
BIG co FOR WORLD
FAIR IN PROSPECT
Dempsey Is Visiting Chicago
Regarding Fight Between
SchmeIing and Baer.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
)HcAGO. February 2s.-Jack
Dempsey, who holds the arti-
Y 4 cles for a bout between Max
Schmeling former world heavy
weight champion, and Max Baer Of
Livermore, Calf, was due in Chicago
today to discuss possibilities Of making
the match world fair attraction.
The one-time ruler Of the heavies had
conferences scheduled with George Getz
chairman of the World Fair Sports
Committee, and with the Chicago Sta
dium Operating Co. The stadium cor
poration is in equity receivership, and
the new operating group has arranged
to promote boxing and wrestling III the
big West Side building.
Dempsey may promote the show
through the operating company. 1t
also was indicated that the Madison
Square Garden Corporation might have
finger in it, as James j. Johnston, its
matchmaker, is expected in Chicago to-
morrow to confer with Dempsey.
Negotiations virtually were complete
today for a match between Billy Pc
trolle, the old but capable Fargo, N
Oak, lightweight, and Barney Ross,
Chicago's contender for honors in the
135-pound division, at the Chicago Sta
dunn March 20. After two weeks OF
haggling over weights, Petrolle has
agreed to scale 1873 pounds He also
wants Is rounds, now possible under
Illinois law.
The date of the featherweight match
between Varias Milling, Los Angeles
Filipino, and Johnny -@Pena of New
York, at the Washington Boulevard Au-
ditorium, has been shifted from March
6 to March 10.
Hopeful of getting the Illinois State
Athletic Commission to renew its men,
bership in the National Boxing AssoRia-
ton, a delegation from the body was
to confer with Joseph E. Triner, chair
man of the Illinois commission, today.
The Illinois group gave up its men,
bership last December 13. while Gen.
John v. Clinnin was chairman. Triner
has indicated Illinois will 60 its way
alone, but the N. B. "A. is out to bring
it back into the organization, in which
1t was one Of the most important men,
berS
Evening star., 1933-02-28

in season, with 7,o25 In 1856 games,
1880. American League had 6,670
IN 154 games, 1880. The fewest runs
IN q season is 4,136, made by the
National in 1908, while American
had 4,272 in 1909.
Three clubs have the distinction
Of playing a game in which the out
field, playing 10 or more innings,
had no put-outs. Brooklyn G3
innings) April Is, 1909; st. Louis
American League Go innings) April
16, 1908; Chicago, American League
90 innings) second game, July 20,
1911.
The credit Of winning 28 or more
games, in three CO consecutive
years, belongs to Cy Young, Boston
American League, 81 in 1901, 50
in 1902, % in 1908; Christy Mathew
son, New York, National League, 80
in 1908, 80 in 1904, 81 in 1905;
Walter johnson, Washington, 80 In
1912, SO in 1918, 28 In 1914; Grover
Alexander, Philadelphia, National
League, 81 In 1915, SO In 1916, 80
In 1917.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hold
the record Of four homers in one
world series. Ruth, games, 1926;
Gehrig. 4 games. 1928.