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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
MONDAY, JULY 10, 1883
Where Are We Heading?

As the world disarmament conference puts off until October, the task of reaching some sort of agreement. Secretary of the Navy Swanson announces a plan to build the U. S. navy up close to treaty strength. Once again it becomes painfully evident that the lob of cutting down the worlds military establishments is almost impossibly diff cuIt. There are more men under arms to- day than there were in the spring of 1914. The worlds annual expenditures for na- tional defense are far higher today than they were in 1914. The suspicious, fears, and iealousies which led to the war in 1914 are duplicated today by emotions equally strong and equally dangerous.
 Last winter General Douglas MaeArthur U. S. Army Chief of Staff, compiled some figures on the worlds armies. He showed that Europe. Japan. China. and the United States are keeping total of 6.207,538 men in uniform. To do this and to maintain their navies, air fleets and border defenses these nations are spending around S4.OOO,- OO0, 900 year. Before the war those armies numbered 4.063.000 and the total military expenditures were about $2,500, 0,000.0OO annually.
 Those facts in themselves are dismaying enough. But when you contrast them with the high promises all world statesmen made their people during and immediately after the war the situation becomes even more diseouraging. We were told then that the nations of the world would make new effort to keep the peace. The League Of Nations would help settle disputes; there would be non aggression treaties, arbltra- ton agreements. and what-not to make war less likely: the frightful sacrifices of the World War would be justified by the fact tt.at no such war could ever happen again.
 Into the Versailles treaty was written the pledge that the World War victors would disarm just as soon as they possibly could And today disarmament looks farther away than ever: armies are bigger than ever: and r,ore gold than ever is being laid on the altar of the god of war. Whats the an swer7 Will we stumble blindly along until at last we trip into worse war than the last one or will we finally insist that statesmen live up to their promises and give us the disarmament they have promised?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

is going to step into the picture and do it's part. The Highway Department through its landscape division. which was almost legis- lated out of existence this year by failure to appropriate funds for its upkeep. will fur nish trees and shrubbery for the west bank of the stream. The Ansonia Garden Club is also cooperating by planting ramblers and other shrubs Such work can only be com mended. It's what we need here in Connec- tieut where for so many years there was ruthless disregard for natural scenery in building up towns and cities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
London Letter
BY LEE WILSON


 London, (UP)-A lost link in the chain of civilization has been found. A riddle of history, which has puzzled the world for thou sands of years, has been solved. And it is through the efforts of an S0-year-old archaeologist, who has been directing excavations at Gaza, the ancient city of South Palestine, that the identity of the people who founded the seventh and eighth dynasties of Egypt has been established.
 A bronze dagger and a gold pin are credited with leading to the discovery of the secret by Sir Film ders Retrie, who has returned on a holiday from the South Palestini- an operations.
 The dagger, although 5000 or more years old, is wonderfully preserved, and has beautiful hand-worked raised veins running down the blade. The gold pins are an inch or two long, with remark able workmanship on the heads, and were used to fasten ladies' gowns.
 At last we can say where these foreigners to Egypt came from. !" says Sir Flinders. we discovered the dagger and then the pins at Gaza when we uncovered the earliest of the five palaces there. was struck by the raised veins on the dagger blade. It could not, I thought, be the Copper Age men. the people who came after Neo- llthic times. Then a report of a discovery in the Caspian region was shown to me and in flash I had hit upon the secret. Six Races "These people, one of the six races to conquer Egypt. came from the Caspian shores. The dag ger and the ladies' pins show their culture in arts. They were pow erful race, and they must have had much skill in building. as their palace which we have un- covered shows. Tn it is 8 luxuri- ous bathroom.
 We have made, as a result of our discoveries, a consolidation of history. We can now date back to Neolithic man in properly tabu- lated form. That, I think, is a great achievement"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
MURPHY vs. MCDONALD
(New Haven Journal-Courier)

Much more heat than light has come to date from the controversy between the mayor and the state highway commissioner about road grants for New Haven. It is quite possible. the state highway depart ment actually does not know yet all the details of its new responsibil- ity; much of the national industrial recovery act is not yet thoroughly digested by those whom 1t effects and those who will function under it. The broad outlines of its inten- tions however are obvious. To be- gin With, Section 204, Title II, of the act reads thus: For the pur- pose of providing for emergency construction of public highways and related projects, the president is authorized to make grants to the highway departments of the sev- eral states in an amount not less than $400,000,000, to be expended by such departments in accordance with the provisions of the federal highway act, approved November 9, 1921, as amended and supple mented ."
 The funds are then to be spent by the highway department, ap- parently through the supervision of "a federal bureau as under the 1921 act. The purposes of the grant are more Illuminating for our purpose:
 The amount apportioned to any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

The first branch bank in this state will be opened today by the First National Bank and Trust Co.,, of Bridgeport. Under a re- vision of the state banking laws accomplish ed during the session of the Legislature just ended this is made possible. No doubt bankers throughout the state will regard this experiment with much interest. There has been talk about branch banks for many years in Connecticut, but since the laws never before permitted them it was just talk and nothing more. Now the experiment is launched its success depends upon the pub- lies attitude. It was necessary to procure permission from Washington before the branch could be established
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION

Capitalism as we have known 1t has been nothing less than a modified feudalism. For the ordi- nary citizen it has contained all of the evils of unrestricted competi- tion and of monopoly as well, with few of the advantages of either.
 So says Robert Segal in "Tri- opoly-or Class Warp, a stimulat- ing and readable little discussion of the new trend in finance and in- dustry.
 Man, says MT Segal, started out with nothing at all and worked up, by dint of infinite sacrifices, to a condition of widespread poverty. Because the forces of credit and machinery are essentially anarchic, he has got little genunie benefit from either.
 Yet the solution, as MT Segal sees it, is neither difficult nor far away. It lies, MT Segal believes in an adaptation of the industrial franchise-the franchise that so far is granted only to public utilities which have to. be monopolistic.
 MT Segal suggests that all indus- try be franchised, with control vested, in a three-way manner, in capital, labor and consumer. Sta- bilization of business, abolition of unemployment, security of invest ment and the maintenance of de- cent wage scales will, he says, be the logical result.
 What makes his plan especially interesting is the fact that it looks remarkably like the program that is now being attempted under the industrial control bill. If MT Segal is right, this bill ought to be the most significant and profitable thing we have ever attempted.
 Published by Duffield & Green, this book sells at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
The Waterbury Democrat Wash
 ingtOn COPreSponGcnt)


 Washington-Proh agents are being rapidly exterminated, but the bootleggers will survive them by many years.
 That fact is commonly recog- nized here. The administration is taking the bootlegger's present relative freedom with complete calm, at the same time anticipat- ing problem of collecting the rev. enues which it anticipates from hard liquor after prohibitions re- peal-which may come this year.
 The root of the problem is that high-grade, legitimate whisky may be selling at five or 10 times the price at which it can be handled by illicit distillers and distributors.
 In adjacent Maryland new whisky is offered in case lots at $1.35 a gallon. Whisky of consid- erable age and quality may be had for $4. Illicit booze of similar type is available in most regions of the country.
 Price Will Be High
 To compete with this, legal distributors under government sanction are likely to have nothing to offer at less than $20 a gallon. There will be federal tax-very likely $6.40-plus $5 import duty, plus state tax and costs and profits of producer, wholesaler and re- taller.
 Legal whisky must be largely imported for three or four years because there are less than 4,000,- 900 gallons of pre-war whisky in bond, and only 100000 gallons which can become eligible before expiration of the four-year aging period prescribed by the govern ment. That compares with 167,- 000,000 gallons consumed in 1917. Bootleggers and private hoaders. under the relaxed restrictions on medicinal permits, are making rapid inroads on that 4,000, ,000 gallons, and much of it will be sold only after being "cut" with alcohol and water.
 There's no age limit on gin and the speed and quantity of produc- tion would be limited only by the supply of alcohol available, and consumer demand. Bootleg gin will continue to have a market,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
So They Say

If knew that every state in the union was going to vote for re- peal of the 18th amendment, it would not change my attitude.- Bishop James E. Cannon, Jr, dry leader.
 We shall secure repeal quite pos sibly within the calendar year. If not, we will have 1t by the mid- dle of next winter.-Rep Jas w. Wadsworth of New York.
 A conservative is one whose in- terests and likes and dislikes are permanent he is willing to let we'll enough alone.-Dr Floyd Ruch, University of Illinois psychologist.
 We always make the mistake of thinking of man as a rational, in- tellectual animal.-Clarence Dar- row.
 It's terrible to live up to. don't know anything much worse than being publicly labled handsome when you are not.-E. Pendleton Hogan, chosen as handsomest man at George Washington University.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
IF IN HI
 II NEW | H YORK
RY PAUL HARRIsoN


 New York - Broadway never knew much about the dancing Adele. A couple of nice kids from somewhere in the middle west who made good in the big city. Kind of high-hat, though, as for in- stance when the girl married Lord Charles Cavendish, no less, the second son of the Duke of Devon- sire.
 And Fred; a good guy, said Broadway, but with a strange un- Broadwayish modesty and a pecu- liar aversion to the marriage-and- divorce routine followed by most of his professional associates. Never has married, in fact, until now, at 34, he's believed about to take the bridal path with pretty Mrs Phyllis Baker Porter, who is a divorcee herself.
 We'll, his name isn't Astaire at all, but Fred Austerlitz; and he and Adele were born in Omaha. Nebraska, and their father was Fred Austerlitz, Sra brewer. The family had enough money, so the youngsters were sent to q dancing school. By the time they were g and 8 respectively (Adele is a year older than Fred) the Omaha papers were saying they surely Mrs Austerlitz believed this and packed them off to New York to go through their paces for the famous Ned Wayburn. Wayburn believed it, too.
 Parted by Matrimony
 Fred and Adele danced in vaudeville until the Gerry Society objected; then they dropped out and studied for few years. When they returned to New York they were on the same bill with a man named Douglas Fairbanks. He was a hit, but the kids were fired. They kept plugging though, and scored a real triumph in revue called cover the Top" After that it was easy sailing. When Adele married, Fred went it alone with other partners.
 He figures he'll be able to retire after another season; wants to raise horses. Meanwhile Mrs Aus terlitz has been staying around New York looking out for her boy. Right now, though, she's on fly ing trip to see Adele, having heard that there's going to be a new heir to the Cavendish title.
 A Touching Story
 One of the well-known revue producers, who is planning new show, admitted wild-eyed "Dr" So-and-So to his office the other day and tilted an ear to receive the visitors "big idea" "Pm psychologist" said the man, "and have admired the way you appeal to three of the human senses. You put on eye and ear entertainment, and you have even filled your theater with seductive perfume. But, sir, you do not ap- peal to the tactile sense-"
 "The what?"
 "The sense of touch," explained the nut. "Now I believe your audi ences could be put completely in tune with the most poignant mo- ments of a production. For in- stance, during love scene. I pro. pose that attractive ushers and usherettes go about kissing every one on the brow-"
 "Swell!" said the producer, ris.. ing with purposeful mien. And now I'll show you what the ushers would do, according to your scheme, while the comedian in one of the skits is getting tossed out on his ear."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 The Water Is Fine


 We let our 19 months old son paddle and splash i'm the bathtub every day for from 10 to 20 minutes. He enjoys it. The water is just tepid. An old practical nurse is shOcked-she says it Is very weakening to bathe child so often or so long (R. V. H.)
 Answer-Don't let sairey Camp spoil the baby's fun.
 Certified Milk
 Kindly explain what is meant by certified milk. (Mrs A. R. L.)
 Answer-That is the finest, purest milk ob- tainable. The herd, the dairy and all who handle cows or milk before it reaches the con- sumer under constant rigid supervision of a commission of physicians, bacteriologist, health authorities, veterinary surgeon. etc. This insures a grade of fresh pure raw milk which is a boon for any infant child.
 It Is, Hay?
 I began to take your calcium lactate treat ment for hay fever in the middle of last sea- son when was living in a particularly bad hay fever district in northern Michigan. It brought me almost miraculous relief in tho very middle of the season. I have suffered no recurrence since. (Mrs l.. R. Al
 Answer-J. J. Coincidence friend of yours? Anyway, the calcium lactate does harm. Glad to send directions to any correspondent who will promise to report later what his ex- perience has been. Inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address.
 (Copyright 1sas. John F. DilIe Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
Here, There And Everywhere

state under this paragraph may be used to pay all or any part of the cost of surveys, plans, and of high way and bridge construction, in- cluding the construction of routes to avoid congestcd areas, the construction of facilities to im- prove accessibility and the free flow of traffic, and the cost of any other construction that will provide safer traffic facilities or definitely elim- mate existing hazards to pedestrian or vehicular traffic."
 There seems no discrimination so far against the urban works in which the mayor is interested. In- deed, the passages which we have italicized in the text of the act, ap- pear specifically to cover such pro- jects as the Grove street extension agitation for which has been re- newed locally. It is true, as the mayor says, that the funds were available July 1st and after. The mayor does well to press for New Haven's rights while MT Macdonald is ascertainnig his duties under the act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
CONNECTICUT's SUMMER
 SYMPHONY
(Hartford Courant)

In recent summers. the hills and the shore of Connecticut have been dotted with little theaters in which plays both new and old have been presented with casts generally more than adequate. Now it boasts something new, a summer sym phony. True. symphonic concerts during July and August are not rarity in the United States, as the Stadium concerts in New York, the Robin Hood Dell concerts In Philadelphia, and the Esplanade concerts in Boston testify; but all of these concerts are given in cit- les, if not in the hall where the concerts are given in the winter, in some open space not far re- moved.
 It has remained for Nikolai So- koloff, who has been heard several times in Hartford as the conductor of the Cleveland orchestra, to transplant an orchestra directly into the country. On his estate in Weston, MT Sokoloff found slop- ing hill upon which a considerable audience could be seated. On 1t, ordered benches to be placed. and rs~s~@ " AAC AOPSu VII a PoL oLhAAS space. Then, few nights ago he brought the New York orchestra in buses from the metropolis and led 1t through program includ- ing the Eroica Symphony of Bee. thoven. "The Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy and other com positions.
 The undertaking was ambitious, but MT Sokoloff has gained the support of many in Fairfield coun- ty. and he plans to give concerts three nights weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. from new until the middle of August. Going to plays at rural theaters in the, summer is Q favorite pastime in Connecticut, and going to sym- phony concerts in rural setting, with trees and grass near at hand. the black sky above and perhaps with locusts. crickets and frogs adding an obligato. ought to be no less popular.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

It's never too late is evidently the motto of the Oklahoma Legislature. It has just ratified the child labor amendment to the Constitution; thus becoming the fourteenth state. We wouldn't be surprised to see this amendment adopted yet. One other has been placed on the statute books since it was first presented to the states and another looms the 18th amendment repealer-but the child labor amendment hangs grimly on slowly gaining ground It needs 22 more states approval.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
No Makeshifts

For the purpose of obtaining money from Uncle Sam to provide work for the unemployed no community need appeal for nskeshift projects is the pronouneement rom Washington. In short. towns or cities Aat desire to cut down the lists of their naemploysd can't do it at Uncle Sam's ex- psnse unless they have legitimate work to bs done in their vicinity. That is sensi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
NEW BRITAIN WONDERS
(Meriden Journal)

(MerlQen JOurnal)
 New Britain aldermen closed the city portals to all carnivals after several unpleasant experiences with certain type of these trav- cling shows. Action was not taken without reluctance, for fifty or a hundred dollars in license fees was not to be sneezed at. That's about the way Meriden felt when 1t did the same thing.
 Now official New Britain scratches its head and wonders. Carnivals are still playing the city, which is one of their most prof. itable ports of call, by locating just over the boundary line in the town of Berlin. And presumably Bers lin is collecting the fee.
 Whats more, the carnivals draw better than ever. simply because New Britainers are like other peo- pie in wanting things that have been denied them.
 Japan now has neafly 800 active
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

Ansonia and Derby have been doing some fine work of recent years in cleaning up the banks of the Naugatuek river within their respective limits. The same is true in Nau- gatuek and to some extent in Waterbury.
 However, now that Ansonia has displayed such civic pride in its surroundings the state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

No matter how good times may become something seems to tell us that they won't ever be so good again for holding com panies, security afiliates. and gold brick salesmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

High tide at Milford Tuesday. July II: 3;25 a. m.. daylight time; low tide, 9:22 a. m.. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters perfnining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Rrady. Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

When Teller Needs Friend Elm peror Hirohito Wants U. S. Friendship" says Tokio interview.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

All vehicles must be lighted not later thar 855. daylight time, tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

Austria's drive against foreign fuel is helping its coal mines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-10

Japan now has neatly 800 active labor unions.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-25
IOWA BORDER
UNDER GUARD

DES MONIES, Ia, July 25, W.P)
"A heavy guard was thrown along
the northern borders of Iowa today
IN belief that escaping members of
the desperate Barrow gang, who
shot their way Through posse
yesterday, were headed for Mime
sofa or North Dakota.
When last seen, the fugivities,
Clyde Barrow and his wife and
Iack Sherman, were speeding west
ward from Sutherland, Ia.
Meanwhile in a hospital at Perry,
Ia, Barrow's brother, Marvin, CO.
leader of the gang, was near death
from machine gun bullet wounds in
flicted by possemen. His wife, Mrs.
Blanche Barrow, quiet 23-year -old
red-haired woman, was recovering
from minor injuries.
o. c. Dewey agent of the United
State department of justice, joined
the hunt today. DeWey'S entrance
in the pursuit followed theory
that the gang may have been re-
sponsible for massacre of police Of
ficers and a prisoner they were re-
turning to LeavenWorth prison at
the Kansas City union depot sew
eral weeks ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-25
REVEALS PLOT
To KILL ACTOR

TOXIC, July 25. W.P}-An abort
i've plot to kill Charles Chaplin,
American film comedian, in the
hope of precipitating a Japanese
United States war, was revealed by
a witness here today in the trial OF
10 naval officers involved in the
assassination of Premier TSuyoshl
Inukai on May Is, 1882.
Lieutenant Koga testified
that the plotters laid plans to
bomb the official residence of Pre-
mier Inukai during a reception for
Chaplin, then visiting Japan. The
plot failed when the reception was
abandoned.
Koga said it was hoped that as
sassination of Chaplin would throw
Japan and the United States into
war, (which was needed to rehabil-
itate Japanese spirit"
The young naval officer also tes-
titled that he had planned to OBJ
tain admission to the diet, then in
session, and hurl bomb among the
delegates. This plan also was aban-
doned, due to arrest of members
of the blood brotherhood and mill
tary members of the band, Koga
asserted.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-07-25
PROBE
DEMAND MADE

WASHINGTON, July 25. U.Py-
Congressional demands for immed-
late investigation of last weeks
spectacular deflation of the Roose-
yelt bull market was coupled today
with proposals for legislative ac-
ton to prevent abnormal market
fluctuations.
The administration was refusing
to meddle in the stock market sit
uation for the time being at least,
although it was taking stern action
to stabilize the grain markets. Cap
ital Hill was concerned over both.
Senator Seiwer, Repn., Ore, pro-
claimed an open season on Bears.
He accompanied his statement with
telegram to Ferdinand Pecora,
senate stock market investigation
counsel, urging immediate check-up
of the factors involved in last
weeks market break. Steiwer is a
members of the investigating COM
mittee.
Further bear raiding must be
checked" Stewer said. THE past
weeks shrinkage of commodities
and securities on the various ex-
changes, whether due to over-spec-
ulation, bear raiding, or both. in
terfere seriously with the national
efforts to restore confidence and to
increase wages and commodity pri-
ceS."