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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
The Exciting Story Of 76

|, In Revolution: 1776," John Hyde Preston seems to have att tempted the formidable job of de- : bunking the entire Revolutionary war.
 He points out that some of tine
 leading patriots were smugglers
 who objected to having the kings customs officers interfere with their trade, that the colonists dis
 played strange reluctance to join
 Washington's army and fight for their freedom and that some of the greatest of the founding fath- CTS had no use at all for democ-
 racy.
 Then, swinging into his account of the war itself, he seems to dis
 cover that he is writing one of the most thrilling tales in the annals of mankind. The debunking busi-
 ness gets more or less forgotten. and he gives us a story that is more exciting than the most melo-
 dra matic of movies. And for that reason his book seems to me to be a very good one.
 In most histories the heroes of 1776 move like figures in a pa- geant. They are names and shad- ows, striking picturesque attitudes on canvas, lacking in reality. MT Preston brings them to life. Those battles - Saratoga, Monmouth, Cowpens, Brandywine-cease to be parts of a colored fresco and be- come knocked-down-and- drag out fights in which sweating men bled and swore and stabbed and died. Similarly, he brings Washington to life-and makes one wonder anew at the mans greatness. And
 he gives as engaging a picture of
 the boy Lafayette as I have ever seen.
 "Revolution: 1776," in short, is fine reading. Published by ,Har- court, Brace and Co.,, it is priced at S29O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

One of the most conspicuous figures that has gone from Connecticut to Congress retired Saturday. Senator Hiram A. Bing
 ham sojourn in the national legislative halls was not long one relatively speaking. He served but one full term. the other one be- ing an incomplete one. Yet when Mir Bing
 ham was first elected to office in 1924 there was every indication that he would be re-
 tained as regularly for the job as was his predecessor the late Frank Brandegee, or his colleague for while. the late George F. Mclean. In many respects Mr Bingham outranked both these men. He was far more colorful than either. He came from the classrooms of Yale to the Senate. Be hind him was life of both adventure and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
Here, There And Everywhere
GREGORY AND WILSON.
(springfield Republican,

Thomas w. Gregory, who has just died and who was the second attorney-general in the Wilson cabinet was a lawyer of the highest integrity. But he was never con sidered as rivaling in ability the most conspicuous of those who have been at the head of the de- partment of justice. In view of the liberalism of Woodrow Wilson. it is a striking fact that MT Gregory, like hls predecessor, MT Mickey holds, whom Wilson elevated to the supreme court, was essentially a conservative in his interpretation of the law. Col. House was un- doubtedly responsible for MT Greg ory's original selection.
 Like Mir McReynolds, MT Greg ory would have strengthened the conservatice element on the bench had he accepted the appointment which MT Wilson also offered him. MT Gregory was, however, sur passed in personal loyalty and de- votion to MT Wilson by no member of the cabinet. His refusal of a place on the supreme court was due to the handicap of his deaf ness. He was one of the prominent Texan who early decard for Franklin Roosevelt before the sud- den development of the boom for Speaker Garner.
 While MT Gregory was q man of many attractive and admirable qualities, his selection for the Will son cabinet would probably not
 have been made if Mir Wilson had had wider personal acquain- tance among men of different sec tions of the country. In that re- spect Franklin Roosevelt undoubt- edly has an advantage over Nil Wilson; how he compares in other respects remains to be seen. With. in six months of his inauguration Wilson, in spite of the limitations of his knowledge of the party fig. ures, had firmly established him. self a safor ceful, aggressive leader and the sponsor of concrete meas ]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
Arms For Peace-Breakers

Peace would be promoted and the kill ing of men checked in various parts of the world today, if the executive had the au- thority to join with other nations in pre- venting the shipment of arms to such local ties." says President Hoover. asking Con- gress for suitable legislation.
 Not doubt of itl The situation at this very moment furnishes evidence enough. And the position of peace-loving and peace pledging nations is so contradictory as to be absurd. With the League of Nations group and tfe United States both deplorine the Japanese aggression against China, they are selling. or allowing their manufacturers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

James Gould Cozzens in "The Last Adam" has devoted all of his book to an intimate study of village in this region. He has examined the phenomena under a miscro- scope and the specimen which he exhibits seems to some as ugly and unreal as the skeleton of a strange insect preserved in Q bot tie of alcohol, while to others it presents 8 moth with all truth and beauty.
 The effect upon the Valley may be to create skepticism about well coming the wanderer from Green wich Village who does not bring as luggage canvases. easels and pal cites, for the portrait in oil, even in the most modern style. is far less disconcerting than the por- trait likely to appear in any best seller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
Good evening.
 o-O-O THE TENDRIL'S FAITH
"A SMILES THE THING.

(Want to use this? It is my favor
 ite spring song-Polly.) Under the snow in the dark and
 the cold A pale little tendril was humming; Sweetly it sang heath the frozen
 mold
 Of the beautiful days that were
 coming. How foolish your songs!' said
 a lump of clay; What is there, l ask to prove
 them? Just look at those walls between
 you and the day How can you have power to re-
 move them?" But under the ice and under the
 snow, The pale little sprout kept singing; T cannot tell how, but 1 know. 1
 know, I know what the days are bringing. Buds and blossoms and buzzing
 bees, Blue, blue skies above me: Bloom on the meadows and buds
 on the trees, And great. glad sun to love me. Then a pebble spoke You
 are quite absurd It said. with your songs insist
 ence, For 1 never saw tree on bird, So, of course, there are none in
 existence" But I know, 1 know the ten
 dril cried, In beautiful sweet unreason- Till, To! from its prison-glori-
 fled It burst in the glad Spring Season.
 Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
 O-O-O Ogden Mills, who retired as sec retary of the treasury, said more than a week ago that the man who bestos suit. With ur-day as if MT Mills knew what it was all about. O-O-o
 Al Smith was given big hand Saturday when he passed the inaugural reviewing stand. Wonder if Al though ile should be on the stand doing the re- viewing-and somebody else passing in review.
 Bridge parties are all right, but when a southern demonstration tore down the bridge, it was carry ing the idea a bit too far.
 O-O-o If they made congressman buy their own postage stamps they wouldn't be so eager to send out every cross-eyed bulletin that comes from the government print ing press.
 O-O-O
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Down in Australia the fercest animals are bulldog ants. Kangaroos may be the oddest specimens to be found on the island. but Harvard professor says the bulldog ants are the most formidable. We never yet saw the ant that wasn't formidable up- on occasions. And certainly anybody who has ventured into one of those huge ant hills that sometimes may be found in thckets knows that there are few furies like ants aroused.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Study of the vote taken by the 72nd Congress in repeating the 18th Amendment reveals one of those deadly parallels. In 1917 when Congress passed the 9th Amendment the vote in the Senate was 65 to 20. When it repealed it the vote was 6 to g. When the House passed the amendment it did so by 282 to 128 figure, while this year its repeating vote stood 289 to l21. There were thus 40 members voting both times on the issue, while 85 senators voted in 1917 and 86 this year. It isn't often that such complete reversal of figures can be procured. but it only goes to prove the change of sentiment in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

So many inquiries are being made these days as to the status of the position of a presdent-elect and -president-elect The attempted assassination of President Roose- welt aroused great deal of curiosity to his possible successor. Evidently many people didn't know what the lame duck amendment of the Constitution, which their legislatures recently ratified, meant. It specifically pro- vided for succession in case of the death of the president-eect which had not hitherto been provided for in the Constitution. The Constitution also has set up the line of suc- cession when both president and vice-presi- dent diej SoJ all in all we are pretty well prepared for any emergency in these hectic days when anything is liable to happen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Success is a mirage,
 Just something we chase, We lose in the end,
 Why hurry your pace.
 o-O--o
 Green hats for men will be quite the thing this spring. Which may or may not make the ladies green with envy.
 o-O-o
 When radio first came out. 1t was like a cranky old man. always sputtering.
 Many a dancer is light on
 his feet because he happens to be light in the head. o--O--o Dreams are often beautiful va cations of the mind. o-O-O The depression merely proved that whatever you in- Hate must deilate sooner or later. O-O-o This concludes our initial broad cast of the week. It came to you over DBD through the courtesy oi | the Waterbury Evening Democrat pioneer in this type of newspapei work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again | to- morrow evening at the usua hour. 0-O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

solitude - the adventure of the explorer and the solitude of the professors den. To- day his friends are urging him to keep his hand in politics. All sorts of plans are made for his return to office. He is men, tioned as congressman -at-large two years hence or as successor to Senator Frederic C. Wslcott, if that individual will resign when his term expired. Through it all Mir Bing- ham is his serene self, unperturbed by it all. His business from now on will be aviation and its promotion in the good old U. s. A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Of course country with 50,000,000 people busy dictating won't stand for die tatorship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
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., 1933-03-06

An American explorer says he expects to find Noahs ark on Mount Ararat. If he feels that way about it, he probably will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

Homeless Londoners.. who sleep in lodging houses, shelters and casual wards, now number less than 25,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6:l8 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06
O-O-O ON AND ON
We arc merely numbers, In this life, that's all, Merely little numbers.
 Waiting for our call,

Merely HUG nunDcfS,
 Waiting for our call.
 o-O-O What the country needs is q few more hitching posts and fewer gasoline stations.
 o-O-o There was a time when fellow out of a job could get a quarter for watching a horse while the doctor visited a pa- tient. But you never heard of m. d. offering a nickel to watch his coupe.
 O-O-O Now a milk war is threat ened in Connecticut and Massa- chusetts. We trust it will prove more than a pint sized affair.
 They're going to keep childrer from working in the Connection, tobacco fields this summer. Weed ing kids from the weed. so tc speak.
 O-O-O What this little old country needs is a diet to include boiled potatoes with the jackets on.
 o-O-o An aviator was trying out navy mystery lane when he fell to his death. Well, there's no mystery 1T that.
 O-O--o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-06

(Want to use this? It is my favor
 ite spring song-Polly.)
Evening star., 1933-09-07
PUPPY LOVE
bAlua S,ous Soubeuy

You didn't even give " . chance 70
explain. You rushed away hot-headed
and branded your wife. II you'd taken
the time to come into your home and
act Ike . man that day would have
been the happiegt day In your LIE. That
day I told your wife that she was tc
have your sonl She sent for me. II
you'd taken the trouble to 90 into the
house. you'd have found my wife In the
parlor waiting for me-"
Curt fell back. The old doctor rushed
to feel his pulse. His whole manner
changed. He said professionally: "Take
we'll"
weekly:
"That- boy they have locked
Sawyer nodded: .....-
That's your son-Toan, r.. And q
finer, more understanding youngsteT
never drew the breath Of life. He and
my girl Mary have been sWeethearts
since their cradle days"
The man in the bed felt the world
reeling around him. 50 the boy he had
tried to ruin-the boy who had risked
his life to save Mary from him-was his
own SON!
! It seemed ages later to Curt that he
opened his eyes and. looked up into
Mansfield Sawyer's face.
"I-must get up-and zee II there
= any way I can begin to repair Q
little Of the damage I've DONE"
you stay where you are" Sawyer
commanded authoritatively. You're
sick. You tell me what to do to get
Mary and Tommy out Of jail"
Curt blanched again. ,~
"Oh. what . fool I've been. There's
nothing left for me to do but to try to
repair little Of the damage-and then
kill myself. I'll write a note to the
district attorney Immediately and you
can take it to him"
DR.. Sawyer interrupted angrily:
"Killin' yourself would sure be a
sensible thing to do, wouldn't It? Then
you'd have the murder of your wife
On your hands to-it'd kill her. You
brace up and be . man, Tom Smith.
You've got plenty Of years yet to make
up TO your wife and son for being Q
fool"
They'll never forgive me-" Curt said
Wear1ly. Tommy couldn't after what
I've done to his mother-and his little
sweetheart"
Don't be too sure about that, Tom.
L9St year Wnen ne was IL Gloria told
him the truth. Everybody else thinks
you're dead"
'My-son-knows. YouHyou> haven't
told him who Curt Little is-have your"
'No-not yet. I was waiting to see
you first. And ! think my little girl
Will forgive you-N you let me tell her
what poisoned your heart and made
you want such . terrible revenge"
Los Angeles newspapers told the
world that evening that, mysteriously,
the boy and girl who had been In 3aii
for several days for the possible murder
OF the millionaire, Curt Little, had been
set free.
They had disappeared and no trace
could be found Of them. And that the
injured movie mogul would live. No
reason for the sudden withdrawal Of
tne charges against the beautiful Mary
Sawyer and Thomas Curtis Smith. Sr..
was available.
It would have astonished the papers
Evening star., 1933-09-07
REDS ORDER PROBE
! Of PLANE DISASTER
Flight Which Killed Eight Air
Industry Leaders Has Ele-
ments Of Mystery. y


~ the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, September 7-While Mo-
COW mourned the victims Of Soviet
Russia's major air catastrophe ct
Podolsk, where eight executives Of the
aircraft industry were killed IN . plane
crash, . government commission Of ex-
psrts ret out today for the, scene o(
the accident.
They hoped to determine the cause
Of the mishap that wiped out the lead
ing brains Of Bolshevist aerpnsutics.
Large, black-bordered announcements,
signed by the communist party's Gen.
tral Committee. appeared in all NOM
ing newspapers, proclaiming individu-
ally the deaths Of the victims, whose
bodies lay in state in downtown Mos
COW. Thousands trooped through the
huge auditorium to pay their respects
to the dead
Those killed were p. Baranon, assis-
tant commissar Of heavy industry; his
Evening star., 1933-09-07

10 know that Mary and Tommy were IA
hiding IN the very spot they would lock
last for them-tn the home Of the movie
masnate himself. But they would have
bean no more astonished than were
Mary and Tommy when they found
themselves rushed down hack stairs and
through back doors Of police -headquar-
ters and into . Limousine with closely
drawn curtains.
II was Q limousine Mary had ridden
In many times before. And huddled
IN Q corner Of the back seat was Dr.,
Sawyer, who reached out and took hia
sobbing child into his arms. Tommy
asked 1ncredulously:
why, doctor-what are We doing IN
this carp"
The machine started swiftly away, q
nonplussed Little. chauffeur at the
wheel, wondering ct the sudden crazy
orders that had been issued to him In
Q note from the boss at the hospital.
DR.. Sawyer said calmly as they
moved through the traflc:
Nov, then, baby, don't you cry.
Daddy Is here-and its all over"
Soon Mayy'S nervous sobs subsided
MIL tA4G oOSN1 SA0"SASo A0saAy
question:
Don't you get yourself all excited,
now, Tommy. This is-or-Curt Little's
car. We're going out 10 his house to
rest awhile"
Tommy burst out incredulously:
"Of an the crazy ideasl I don't want
any Of that guys hospitality"
Mary looked up ct her father, round
eyed. Dr.. Sawyer put his hand on
Tommy's arm:
you've got to trust me, son. Have
you ever known Old Doc to tell you
anything that wasn't for your own
Tommy searched the old mans face:
But, Doc, don't understand. !
want TO Be where you and Mary are,
though"
reassaringly. We're going to have some
dinner out at Mr.. - Little's house.
Then the three Of US are going to have
. nice long talk. I've got lot Of things
to tell you"
Marys arms closed around her father
"Oh. daddy darling, I couldn't have
lived through all these terrible days If
you hadn't been here. How did you
how I was going to need you 30
much?"
IT guess It was . fathers intuition. :"
DR.. Sawyer held his daughter a. II she
were stin . baby. "You must forget al
about this, you two children-And hsr-
Dor bitter feelings toward no one. II
you've ever needed Christian charity
IN your hearts, you need It now"
Tommy Get his jaw grimly:
you don't expect US to forgive Curt
Little, do you?"
The doctor nodded sadly:
THAT would be about the biggest
thing you've ever done, son."
Mary's pigeon-gray eyes, 80 like her
fathers, filled with tears again:
Somehow can't hate that man,
daddy. There was something In his
something tragic-that made me
feel 80 sorry for him I wanted to pet
him like Q little boy. I guess that's
Evening star., 1933-09-07

wife, v. DazanoR; A. 0oltuuan, chie1
of Tho civil cir deet; his assistant, A.
Fetro0: v. Zaxzar, member Of the
Predd1llm State Planning Commis-
dou; O. 0o6uno6, director of Moscow
Arplane WORKS No. a; Z. Dosman.
plot; n Pl0tniko6, mechanic.
u was learned deAnttely that thaeo
killed were the only occupants oe The
plane, - the ah9ence of survivors, may
preclude possibility q establishing the
Gauss.
The nevypaper TOR Industzia,ix-
tion, the only one spsculattng on ths
probable cause, oppressed the oplnion
! must have been "carElesmess IA somo
1nAal detatls." II pointed out, how
ovor, that the pilot Was one Of the mo0t
expert In the Soviet Onion.
Meanwhile further details - to the
purpose Of the Night o. It's destination
were unavailable.
In addition to holding respnsible
posts In Soviet aviation, The dad VSfe
counted among the leaders of tie O6m-
munist party.
Barsno6 WAS chief of the 0ed
Army,s air force before becoming head
Of the eolmtrY,s entire air industry,
and be and Goldman ware memb1fB d
important inner councils f The marty.
Petro6 only recently rstanned 70
Soviet RusSia after spending i've yoafs
In the United States studying AmeI1san
aviat1m methods.
Evening star., 1933-09-07
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
OF AlRMAIL ORDERED
Howes Calls for Accurate Count OF
Number Of Pieces and Amount
Of Postage.

The most comprehensive study Of
airmal trafnc and revenues yet under
taken by the Post Once Department
has been ordered by w. w. Howes,
Second Assistant Postmaster General.
In orders made public yesterday,
Howes called upon all postmasters, rail-
way post offices, terminal railway post
Offices, transfer offices and airmail
fields for an accurate count during the
period from September IL to II, In
elusive, Of the number of pieces and
the amount Of postage on all airmail
deposited for mailing, exclusive Of for
eign airmaN.
This survey will give US something
We have lacked heretofore actual
count Of airmau rather than . mere
estimate" it was explained by Stephen
A. Cisler. superintendent Of airmail.
The count Is expected to show in de-
tail the volume and direction Of now
Of airmail and to furnish information
upon which the Post Once Department
can act in reducing its airmail appro-
priations to keep within the new limit
Of $13,900,000.
Evening star., 1933-09-07

why I let him sweep me a. my feet.
He had such . sad smile"
Dr.. Sawyer looked away.
Hes q man who has seen heap of
trouble, Mary"
"You-know him?" Tommy asked
tncredulolUly. Mary studied heT
fathers face.
Dr.. Sawyer nodded.
Eyes, children, I've known him ever
since be was . baby In petticoats."
There was no time to answer the
surprised questions Of the two young
people, for they had arrived ct tho
Little estate. The chauffeur opened
the door:
Mrs. Binney will show you to your
rooms"
(To be conttnued.)
Evening star., 1933-09-07
DANCING.

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Evening star., 1933-09-07
GEN. BOOTH HOME BOUND

MANILA, September Z R.-Maj.
Gen. Edwin E. Booth. retiring as COM
mander Of the Philippine Department
Of the United States Army because OF
III health, sailed today for the States
on the transport q. S. Grant.
The transport also carried Repre-
sentative John D. Dingell Of Michigan,
who visited Manila for week, during
which he addressed the Insular Legis-
lature,
Evening star., 1933-04-03
WOODCOCK DEMANDS
NO DRY LAW LET-UP
Last Order of Director, Now in
New Post, Issued Before,
He Knew of Change.

An order calling for no let-up in
enforcement was the last one sent out
under the name of Col Amos W. w.
Wocdcock, as director of the Prohibi-
tion Bureau, before he gave way to
Mai A. ". Dalrymple, the new dry
chief.
Woodcock's order, dated April I, was
dictated before he knew when he was
to be relieved, and read as follows:
Il want every one in this bureau
up Ut As in the past I want Simply
the earnest, loyal and intelligent effort
of every one to make this policy a
success. To the Investigators, partic-
ularly, say: Do not worry about mere
number of cases. Give us the best that
is in you The results will follow to
my satisfaction"
Col. Woodcock remains in the De-
partment of Justice as special as
sistant Attorney General.
Evening star., 1933-04-03
INSPECTED BY ICKES

The proposed Shenandoah National
Park and Skyline Drive, which runs
along the crest of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, were inspected yesterday by
Secretary of the Interior Harold l..
Ickes, Horace Albright, director of the
National Park Service, and Senator
and Mrs. Hiram Johnson of California.
The group spent the entire afternoon
in the park domain.
BY motor the party went to Lllray,
Wa yesterday morning and had lunch-
con at Mimslyn as guests of Mr.. and
Mrs John Minis.
Evening star., 1933-04-03

z x p e di t / o nary
Forces at Dannes-
Caniers and Bou-
logne, France. he
displayed tireless
energy and mill
tary a.tainments
of q high order in
the efficient opera
ton of this hos
pital. BY h S
marked devotion
to duty and ad-
ministrative abil-
ity, great num-
bers of our own
and allied sick and
wound d e d were
treated, resulting
-
Evening star., 1933-04-03

many lives His services were of ma
terial value to the American Expedi-
tionary Forces.
He is Surgeon General of the Army,
ranking major general, and is on duty
in Washington. with residence at 35o6
Garfield street northwest.