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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
TUESDAY, MARCH z, 1883
Face The Music

Americans have always been known for their sense of humor. The fact was never so clearly demonstrated as 1t has been in the last few days or since the national bank hol- iday was proclaimed and went into effect. Instead of wave of depression spreading into every corner of the land a newer and brighter spirit is apparent. People vie with each other in turning out witty quips. There is lot of aek-slapping and also bit of hand-shaking. Sober individuals may not join in the hilarity, but their lugubrious warnings and pessimistic forecasts are quite ignored in the rapid whirl of events.
 The show is still going on in the good old U. S. A. You can't hing down cur- tain when the audience refuses to leave The pioneer spirit is still uppermost in most of us We can accept the bitter with the sweet. In this crisis through which we are now passing there is only one hting for the average citizen to do-grin and bear it. Conditions for a short time may be --worse than they have been. But remember it -is always darkest before the dawn. This IS no time for burylng our heads in the sand. We've got to face the music.
 Fortunately Connecticut's banking insti- tutions are in good condition. No depositor need be worried on that score. There is no need to run down Friday morning to draw out all your money. In the first place you can't do that. In the second place that's merely an indication of hysteria and we want no mysteries at this stage of the game. Go about your business as usual. Buy just as much as you want. In most stores or trad ing centers you'll find your credit unlm- paired. Maybe you won't have currency to offer but you'll have substitute, so what's the difference.
 There really should be no more real suf fering during the period of bank inactivity than in the past three years. But we must avoid at all costs wild plunges in the dark. Perhaps this temporary cessation of financial business will be the stabilizer we've needed for some time. Perhaps from it will emerge the legislation necessary for better banks with more protection assured the de- positors' money. Perhaps from it will come new prosperity not merely of material goods but also knowledge that in the long run credit cannot finance speculation. We're being dipped in cleansing waters. The bath should be good for all of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

One of the first things that the new Con- gress should do after it disposes of emer- gency legislation is to remove the nuisance taxes from which we are suffering. We might mention specifically, the bank check tax and the additional postage on first class mail. We don't think that Uncle Sam has profted by imposing either of these. In fact we'll wager he lost more than he made, especially in kindly opinions of the federal govern ment,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

Evidently students at Connecticut State College, the successor to Connecticut Agr- cultural College don't believe that the new title is going to last long, In recent issue of the school paper appeared an editorial in which was predicted the ultimate adoption of the title, University of Connecticut. That was among the several suggested to the commission entrusted with the task of sound ing out sentiment for a change. However, it failed to receive as much support as did the "state college" name We wouldn't doubt but what State College some day would assume the proportions of unlver- sity. It seems we'll on the road to such right now Its curriculum embraces a wide variety of courses as compared with the orig
 inal ones. It will continue to keep pace with educational trends and perhaps in time be university instead of merely college. As the school paper says. Tt should be borne in mind that the day will come when students will no longer be satisfied with State College. The persistent efforts so admirably display
 ed in this case will be actions for them to emulate. In the meantime it should be the responsibility of each and every member Of the college to work for the improvement of the Institution in order that the confidence of the taxpayers will be justified and the standards of the college raised to a point where the change to the name University of Connecticut will be beyond dispute
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
UP AND AWAY

We are merely atoms.
 Flying on through space, Atoms, merely atoms.
 And each to each his place.
 o-O-o Corporations may lack souls but they seem to be pretty well heeled.
 O-O-o
 We wonder if ogden Mills considers scrip, fiat money?"
 O-O-O The best way to get ahead in the world is to use the one you've got
 o-O-o
 Sinclair Lewis predicts a European war in two years. If that be true, we are sure to get out of the depression by then.
 o-O-o
 And when scrip is discon- tinued, you might frame onesef the lower denominations as souvenir of the Great Depres- sion.
 O-O-O, This concludes our regular Tues day, evening program. It was broadcast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Wa terbury Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again to-mor- row evening at the usual hour.
 o-O-o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
NEW ENGLAND.
(New Britain Herald)

In a political sense New England takes it on the chin" in the new administration. In the congress which just died New England had s3f republicans. But in the new congress 1t has only 16 members of the dominant party-12 repre- sentatives and four senators.
 That will make a difference so far as patronage is concerned as among some other things. Post master General Farley, chief pa- tronage boss, is well acquainted with who jumped on the Roosevelt bandwagon in New England and is said to have a good memory.
 In other respects tariffically speaking included-New England will lose some of it's influence. The new administration, in operating the New Deal, will not forget or overlook New England, but things are certain to be done differently than before. And considering that how they were previously done did not do much good for three years at least New England need not be alarmed in the slightest. Whatever helps the country will help New England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
A NEARBY NATIONAL PARK
(New York Herald -Tribune)

(NSW YOrk HefaId-TrIDuHeJ
 The distinction comes to Morris town of providing the first national park in this region. Patriotic and generous citizens of the New Jer- sey town acquired and cared for the tract of more than 1000 acres which congress has accepted for the United States as the Norris town National Historical Park. It holds great memories of the revol- ution, for it's includes the Jockey
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
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 md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
Patronage Disposal

The dispensing of patronage in this state seems to be causing democratic leaders some difficulty. Now that the Roosevelt admin istration has taken office the process of re- moving g. Q. p. officials from the jobs they have held for the past l2 years will proceed with dispatch and thoroughness It is per- haps unfortunate that some of these indi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
Training For New Jobs

A human way to attack one of the prob lems of the machine age is being tried by the Employment Research Institute of the Uni versity of Minnesota. Thoughtful persons who admit that specific machines throw workers out of specific jobs usually main tain that the machine at the same time creates more new jobs than 1t kills. The problem lies in getting the workers transferred from the jobs with which they have been familiar into the new ones created by machinery. The Minnesota plan, as the Institutes program is called, has two aims - to find jobs for the unemployed and also to discover in individuals their own unrealized talents, thus broadening their opportunities for work. ss
 Vocational classification and job labels tend to create an American caste system which is holding hundreds of thousands of timid individuals in tragic bondage" says Dr M. P. 'Trabue. who has been connected with the work in Minnesota. Once clerk. or button maker, or steel worker. always that, has been the rule for the many. Only few have been able to break through into new fields of work and new interests when they have lost the jobs to which they have been trained. If machinery had developed slowly in recent years, the problem might have been taken care of naturally as it has always been in the past. However. it de- veloped swiftly, throwing out workers in large groups. and there was no thought or means ready to help them readjust them selves to the changed situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

Now if Muscle Shoals is put to work the Democrats will be all set to issue kilowatt currency for the Technoerats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

Time waits for no man. but most men are waiting for time to solve their problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

Mysterious fish. 12 feet iona which hunt in pairs have been kill. ing many salmon in the Dundalk River, in the Irish Free State, ana the Irish Conservators of Fish have been asked to have them killed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07
Good evening.
 o-O-o
SCRIP

Good evening.
 o-O-o
 SCRIP Goodbye, dear old dollar bill,
 For scrip, We're on the eve of a new thrill
 For scrip, They made the money smaller. yep, And now they take another
 step. It's quite a task. this keeping hep,
 Scrip. There isn't much that we can do,
 Scrip. But sort of see the whole thing through.
 Scrip, Your scrip will buy as much they say,
 As dollar bills did yesterday. It's temporary, it won't stay.
 Scrip. So smile and keep balanced head.
 Scrip. Brighter days are just ahead,
 Scrip. Money isn't all, you'll hear, But try and live without It, dear, You won't get very far. fear,
 Scrip.
 O-O-O ! During the war the country had a scrap on it's hands. Now it's scrip.
 o-O-o
 And if women spend the new paper money as fast as their husbands earn it, we can eX- pect divOrces in which wives will be accused of being scrip thrifts.
 o-O,-o Folks who save labels for pre- miuns, want to guard against mix. ing them with their scrip.
 o-O-o
 We've been told for years that it's bad business to mon key with the currency. So 7 apparently all this trouble dates back to the time when they reduced the size of the bills. several years ago. We've gone from bad to worse and from worse to scrip.
 O-O- o Some have said the depression is due to the fact that we've for gotten the Bible. But now we're going back to the crip-tures.
 O-O-O Those gags about "Woodin" money found birth in scrip.
 O-O--o So we'll just have to scrip and save as in the old days.
 LINES Goodbye dollar,
 YOuVe gwen the SID, But we'll pinch it little while With scrip.
 o-O-o It sounds more to us like bank 'hollerday".
 o--O-o
 Hardly had the slogan Buy American" reached our ears than they popped new one on us, Buy Scrip"
 o-O-o SHE-"That fellow has lot of polish"
 HE-"Yes, he sells it for furni- ture."
 o-O-o
 We can expect some minister to get up in the pulpit now and say that prosperity's return is predicted in the scriptures.
 o-O-o By their works ye shall know them. Which probably means that acrobats design pretzels.
 o-O-o
 so IT GOES Our humble steps, Lead out into the blue. Where someone points the better way
 To help wayfarers through. o-O-o A good pair of glasses is about as good as anything to see you through. The Indians were the first | to take Turkish baths. So forum speaker declared. One thing is certain, gypsies will be the last. o-O-O Who can remember the good old days when a mans word was as good as his bond and the bono market was absolutely solid? O-O-o Historys' pages and history's sages are pretty well entwined, even in these precarious times. Both Roosevelts started off with a big job on their hands. o-O-o The cup of cheer looks pretty good to any mug these days. o-O-o
 UP AND AWAY We are merely atoms. Flying on through space, Atoms, merely atoms, And each to each his place. O-O-o Corporations may lack souls bu they seem to be pretty well heeled | O-O-o We wonder if ogden Mills considers scrip, fiat money?" l n-n-n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:19 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

The Niagara of the West" Shoshone Falls at Twin Falls. Idaho, has long been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

Railways of Argentina are re. ducing wages, but have had no strikes so far.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-07

"A SMILES TIFF THING.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03

forced to go home and admit de-
feat? I hoped for the best.
Hollywood at last. Just as / had
pictured it, only better. At the
studio I met Lillian and Dorothy
Gish, Alma Rubens, Bessie Love,
Mildred Harris, Carmel Myers, and
many other girls who were already
in pictures. They were awfully nice
to me, and the future looked rosy
The end of my six months trial
came all too soon. / anxiously
awaited Mr.. Griffith's decision. A
note from him came at last.
could have cried with happiness.
My contract was renewed and my
salary raised to the tremendous sum
of fifty dollars week. ] felt that
1 had arrived" for my first role
under this contract was rhe heroine
In "The Bad Boy"
Then the studio closed for lack
of funds, and / was out of a job.
What was to do? Why, get another
lob. of course. This was easier to
say than do. But finally I landed
the title role in Little Orphan An
ME" at the Selig studio. Lucky. don't
you think?
This helped a lot, and then I ap.
peared in two pictures, 1.-THE Bush
err and the Egg Crate Wallop,'
with Charles Ray. Later / played
the lead in 'Dinty" under the d.
rection Of Marshall Neilan.
Producers seemed convinced that
I should stick to fiapper roles. but
they did give me one picture OF
more serious nature, $50 Big" which
| liked immensely. Following these
| starred In sally" "Irene,"
.Naughty But Nice" Lilac Time"
Synthetic Sin" and "Why BE Good"
MY first all talking picture was
.Smiling Irish Eyes," I've enjoyed
making them all. Picture work
iust kind of gets you. There's
nothing like 1t.
OF course. 1t isn't all peaches and
cream. I remember, and very dis
tinctly, too. that while working on
the Desert Flower" fell backward
of a handcar and cracked a verte-
brae In my neck. The pain was
something awful, and most Of all ]
couldn't work for two months.
Another time. In .Twinkletoes,"
1 worked fourteen days and nights.
with practically no sleep at all.
But still like it, and that's that.
WNU Service
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03

'Starting a silver spoon ana t.s
from scratch In the race of--and ~
haps for-life, should say thar ~.
before the race Is ended tact worn
prove to be an easy winner, with ~
only a pleasanter existence, but VIVA
a larger share Of the material adv,a
tages Of the world" said Mr. cah
Ninetails. "Tact makes friends Ana
with its usual ability to undergo nan
ularity with patience, associate
with tactfully selected friends tena,
to make money; so Il glIdes By n n
luxurious Limousine while the rIlvp.
spooner is left standing by the ROAD
side trying to thumb a ride. But 4
must be remembered that the tactful
like the poets, are born, not made
Tact, no doubt, can be developed 10 ,
somewhat useful degree, but never d
the trustworthy perfection that ep.
dures In those who are born with 4
The rest Of rs may wish that we hab
tact, we may devote a good deal Of
study to trying to become tacttul, but
Just when we need It most our care
fully cultivated tact fails rs, and v,
find ourselves In our usual mess
"'Buck.' ! asked the doctor, don't
you think that tact is both important
and rarer
"T know It is,' he declared. Why,
the doctor with perfect tact could
not only have all the patients he
wanted, but he could pick out the
kind that always pay their billSr..-
Indianapolis News.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03

intended to make It mighty clear
to Thayer that he'd better keep
away from Ivy"
u see. And when Jon got
there?"
HE was dead. I got rather sick,
just looking at him."
did you touch him?"
"Good Cd No"
.Why didn't you report finding
the body?'
because ! thought OF Miss Pey-
tom
Harvey nodded approval. pretty
straight story, WEIGH. There are
just one or two more questions.
First Of all, did You touch the
knife?"
Larry's face expressed surprise
"What knife?"
.sThe knife Thayer had been
killed WITH
II didn't see any knife"
II see Jim extracted
black cigar from his vest pocket
snapped the end from it and lighted
the thing with q brief nod Of
apology to Tony. "You took that
diamond ring of Thayer's finger
didn't your"
Again that startled light flashed
In Larry's blue eyes.
Il told you didn't touch the body
at all"
saw, come now, Son. You prom
Used to tell me the whole truth, and
it don't hardly seem like you're do
ing it. You find the body of the
man your sister is crazy about. He's
been killed. On his finger is q Ola,
mond ring that can be traced bach
to your sister easy. It means mix
ing hel up in a pretty nasty affair
So you take the ring off Thayer'i
finger and keep quiet about 1t. AIM
that the way It was?"
NO." said Larry firmly, I'll
wasn't. l never noticed Thayer'i
uuScIS at all CuA = say WhAS
would have done If I'd seen the
ring. But ] didn't see 1t and that's
the truth"
well Harvey heaved vast
sigh. Somebody did-because It'll
gone"
81 didn't touch It" repeated
Larry. II hope you believe me-"
II reckon I do. And I'm much
obliged for coming here Though
can't say it has cleared things up
whole lot"
They chatted for few minutes
longer and Larry and the girl left
Reagan closed the door behind them
and faced his ponderous companion
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03
CHAPTER xl-contlnued

Reagan nodded.
"Sure does.n
"Bank box, I'll bet" observed
Harvey, as though talking to him
self. "Uh-huh, new bank box key.
When's the next train for Steel
City,"
Reagan consulted his watch.
Midnight
81 wonder II you'd run up there
tomorrow alone?"
.Sure / will. l can be back to-
morrow evening. What's the big
idea?n
Jim detached the key from the
ring. Take this with you, John.
I've got bunch that Max Vernon
rented box at some big Steel City
bank. Take some samples Of his
handwriting with you, because he'd
use an assumed name, Of course.
You can check up on all boxes rent
ed in the last couple of days-then
compare the handwriting.
"And II / find the box shall /
take q look insider'
"No-o. Well just take It for
granted that If he rented box there
the Marland bank money IL In it,
or, anyway. Vernon's share. What
say?"
Reagan rose. I'm on my way.
Chief" At the door he turned. "And
Il we do find that cash, Jim-and
Il turns out to be Vernon who had
twill you admit then that ] was
right?"
Jim smiled broadly. Maybe" he
said. "I'n sure think you were
pretty near right, anyway"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03
More Than Book Learninp
Good Conversation. as Method of Acquiring KnOwld,
Can Be of High Advantage to Earnest Pupils o.
i'm the School of Life.

In the scnool Of life conversation
Is headmaster. Reading may widen
the ambit of experience, but who
ever cares to know how large q part
of his knowledge comes by word OF
mouth can find out by trying to write
down verbatim two or three hours OF
lively talk.
The $4,000 granted from the
Carnegie foundation to cultivate pub.
lie conversation Is money well spent
Not that the project goes by an!
such name. 1t is called a system OF
forums for men and women held ir
"a public schools of Des Moines, ar
informal lecturer speaking for the
first half-hour to present fact mate.
rial requisite for an informal dis
cussion, after which the audience
takes part. The aim is educational
No attempt is made to convert Top
les range from agricultural debts tc
the japanese In Manchuria. Attend
ance was large and discussions cour'
teous. It is expected this practice
will spread-a school In which de-
mocracy instructs itself by the art of
conversation.
Good conversation is, like an hon.
est God. the noblest work Of man
a fine art and a rarity. That diff
cult art-form, the drama, is CONVEX.
sation overheard-difficult because
1t must tell story within time linn
its, which presupposes a unity In
events which actual life seldom II
ever has. This unity the artist must
invent. Then should conversation
likewise be steeredf Too evident
steering spoils the sport No. J.
should be allowed to follow the ball
This requires a tacit connivance
amongst the players to take what
comes, kind Of improvised orches
tration In which each instrumental
list is content to play or be silent a.
desired. There is of course, q spe
cies of Neutrality-suspicious." guidance
which consists In keeping one
thought ahead of the topic, as o
player or singer reading music al
first sight keeps eyes a measure or
several measures ahead Of his hands
or voice; but even so he must rec.
oncile himself to letting good topics
go over the dam for the sake OF
maintaining the stream In flow, al
though by keeping mental notes he
can, IL the talk thins. thicken IL by
fishing up a phrase or an idea from
the back eddies.
How seldom ii is that, at large
table or fireside, conversation does
not split into threes or twos. The
roomful, or even the hearthside
group, which converses as unit, !
this does not argue formal pre-ar
rangement to discuss a given theme
or else the presence Of some power
fully shared intellectual interest
does argue a high degree of genera
information and Is so unusual as t.
be something like social triumph
The conversational artist can b.
identified by his willingness to sinl
his ego, like an actor. musician o.
dancer. The personality Is ST.
there, but only as vehicle for ideas
Group conversation best thrives
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03
How | Broke Into
The Movies ei f.; {: :,
= Herman
Bv COLLEEN MOORE

T WAS born with the ambition to
i become a motion picture actress.
Since earliest childhood days In
Tampa, Fla, when with brother
Cleve, I put on ''kid"shows for the
youngsters of the neighborhood, /
have had desire to act.
My first chance to realize these
hopes came while visiting my uncle,
Walter d. Howey, then managing
editor of the Chicago American. I
played several "small girl" parts at
the old Essanay studio in Chicago,
but they were few and far apart.
But things started coming my way
when uncle introduced me to ID. W..
Griffith. Mr.. Griffith looked me over
and agreed to give me a six months
trial at his studio in California.
My next step, and rather diff
cult one, was to induce my parents,
who lived in Detroit, to grant me
permission to go to the coast. After
much debating / finally went out,
under one condition, that were i un-
successful at the end Of the trial,
I must return home and resume my
studies at the Detroit Conservatory
Of Music.
So, all arrangements made, and
full of pep and ambition, en-
barked for movieland under the
careful chaperonage of my dear
grandmother, Mrs. Mary Kelly.
On the train, many thoughts ran
through my mind. What was be-
fore me? Would be successful, or
would at the end of the trial be
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-08-03
Successful Director

d. Ross Lederman. who has been
associated with Columbia for a
number of years. has directed many
productions for the com
pany. including Trails Enc" .'The
Fightin' Marshall" Texas Ranger"
Branded" Daring Danger" "Tex-
as Cyclone" "Speed Demon" "Mc-
Kenna of the Mounted" and "The
End Of the Trail"