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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
THE EDITOR.

Q. Which American cities have
 subway passenger transportation systems? A. New York, Boston and and
 Philadelphia. Chicago has 8 freight subway. Q. How many points are scored
 on tOuchback in football? A. None. o. When walking with two
 ladies should a man walk between them? A. He should walk on the out side, just as he does when walking with one. @. What is burro? A. A small species of the ass family. Q. Who played the role of the Doctor" in the movie White Cargo? A. Conway Wingfeld. Q. What proportion of Ger
 many's export and import trade was with the United States in 1931? A. Imports into Germany from the U. s., 11.8 per cent and ex-
 ports from Germany to the U. S.,
 5.1 per cent. o. Do decayed leaves make bet
 ter fertilizer than leaf ashes? A. Yes. The nitrogen in leaves is
 driven out when burned. If you want Q copy of our bull
 letin Christmas Customs of All
 Lands, write to the Waterbury
 Democrats Washington Bureau,
 enclosing five cents in postage
 stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

The criticism of our state penal institu- tions came almost at the same moment that Governor Cross was appointing Thomas Browne, assistant superintendent of the State Prison Colony at Norfolk, Mass, to take charge of the investigation work of the Legislative jail commission. A survey of the jail population in this state is being planned This detail could cer- tainly not be trusted to anybody but a person trained in this work. While the announcement did cause some confusion in Massachusetts we think that when everything has been explained it will be seen there was nothing amiss. MT Browne is we'll qualified to assume the duty we understand, and will personally head group of some 60 experienced so- cial service workers. Just what deductions are to be made from the survey remain to be seen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
So They Say

I sometimes pretend I don't have a good time, but really do. My idea of fun is an evening at home six or eight people dancing in the hall. picture. Mary Pickford.
  sa Some day wars will be fought across the Arctic.
 -Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Arc
 tic explorer.
 
 I'm not worrying about preserv- ing my beauty and when the time comes I'll be ready to step back into the ring.
 Max Baer.
 Sometimes an executive can be too close to the picture to pick the proper course. -Wilber M. Brucker, former
 governor of Michigan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

c. Please state the number of Roman Catholics and Protestants in Ireland.
 A. The Irish Free State has D. 751,269 Catholics and 22O,723 Pro- testants; Northern Ireland has 420,- 42S Catholics and S36,133 Protest ants.
 Q. How many different flags has the state Of Texas been un- der
 A. Spain, Mexico, Republic of Texas and the United States flags.
 O. Did American women who married foreigners in 1919 lose their American citizenship?
 A. Yes.
 o. How should the Turkish ambassador to the United States be addressed?
 A. His Excellency, Ahmet Muh- tar, The Turkish Ambassador, Washington, D. c.
 o. Is Col Charles A. Lindbergh of Swedish apcestery on both sides :?
 A. His paternal ancestors were Swedish and his maternal ancestors were English and Irish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

We're in favor of the plan of Senator Copeland of New York to secure better legislation governing the sale of all fire arms. We presume any such effort will result in determined fight by the fire arms manufacturers, but in the interest of human welfare we think they should subjugate their commercial senses. It is high time that Uncle Sam regulated the sale of firearms, not necessarily their manufacture and use. We aren't trying to prevent man securing gun to be used for ordinary hunting purposes. Nor do we think man should be denied the use of a weapon if his life is constantly en- dangered. However, there is promiscuous possession of all sorts of firearms right now in this nation. Is is easy to secure guns. Young boys have them and make use of them for purposes for which they were not intended namely. the taking of human lives. If we are to combat crime successfully in this nation we must de- prive the criminal of his weapons. Sena- tor Copeland said recently that since the World war the United States has import ed million pistols. 500,O00 are sold an- nually. Certainly this is boon to the trade, but not to the people. Let's shut down on the sale regardless of the effect on that particular industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

Ely Culbertson was bit too nasty in taking up the gauntlet thrown down by the Britisher, Col Walter Butler. He agreed to swim the Atlantic to play Col Butler. He doesn't need to do that. The American bridge team showed it's superb ority in it's recent visit to England. Why get Mustered over this latest Butler boast? ? Let him and his teammates come over here and meet some of the country's best.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
PRISONER AIDS 0. 0. c.
 WORKERS

Springfield, Mass-UP) - Ten conservation corps youths haled into court for stealing rides, on Q train. were fined $2 apiece. The youths had only $10 among them, so Timothy Harrington. held on a drunkenness charge, came forward to give them the additional $S. Harrington was subsequently given a jail sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

The Naugatuck river on which Waterbury is situated is formed by the union of two streams which come together at Torrington. The Eastern branch has it's source in Winchester and flows about south; the' western branch rises in Nor folk and flows southeasterly. In ad- dition to these two main streams there are numerous brooks which eventually flow into the big CD river, and which are precious to Waterbury fishermen during the fishing season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
BRASS CITY FACTS

Crosby High school was named for Minot sherman Crosby who was principal of the Waterbury High school and Superintendents of Schools from 1870, when he came to Waterbury, until 1891, when he became superintendent alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
DAILYWASHINGTON
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Jitr FOllOWs Hull Gs Peek is Put OUer His HeGd On TGrifs; TGmm0ny Tiger SkOsOed CIasCs LGGwardiGs Visit to PGmGmG; Weles Scored Major Diplomatic Tri- umphs Cwban Ambassador; Congress Baky at RoOse- veIt Plum fQr Short aud Snappy Session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
Questions And Answers
 by The Democrats Washington Information Brrea,
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

z Statesmanship is really more like base ball than football The winning states man has to be pitcher with an up-curve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

When you consider that the treasury at Washington is supposed to have put the lid on news, it's remarkable how much news comes from there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4.56 tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

One of Waterbury's most strik- fine enough to be quarried.
 ity. and has been down through the years, Is the tree growing out of rock on the old Cheshire road,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

The New England Watch com- pany corporation was not dissolved until 1916.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

Waterbury's only congressman at-large was the late George M. Lilley, who also served as governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL

What think? all letters communications with opinions to Y N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

Q. Do decayed leaves make bet-
 ter fertilizer than leaf ashes? ,, A. Yes. The nitrogen in leaves is driven out when burned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-19

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
THE SOONER THE BETTER

CIGNS continue to pile up that the admins
~ tration intends 70 recognize Russia. Quiet
but official trade negotiations are continuing.
DR.. John Van A. MacMurray former minister
to China, former assistant secretary of state,
leading American expert on Far Eastern af-
fairs. director of the Johns Hopkins School of
International Relations, and recent visitor to
Moscow, has just accepted the unimportant
post of minister to the Baltic countries-pre-
sumably as a vantage point for some much
more important official work related to Russia.
And now Senator McAdoo, party leader not
without influence at the White House, is en-
route to Moscow.
All of which is encouraging in way. But
it also is disappointing.
The question is not whether we are going
to recognize Russia but when.
March was the best time for the admin
istrstion to act. But the President had his
hands full that day, and most of the days
since
Meanwhile We have been losing. We have
been losing much in trade when we need bust
ness for our idle factories and unemployed.
Large scale trade can not be carried on in the
present backdopr manner. Also we have been
losing in our international relations. With the
Far East in ferment. with the Pacific the CEN
ter of new naval competition, with Fascist
ridden Europe Keeling through precarious
peace. it is no time for us to make enemies of
those who want to be our friends. Russias
stake in preserving world peace is as great as
ours. She is determining force in world at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
PROMOTING CHILD HEALTH

IT is encouraging to read that Labor Secre-
Il tary Frances Perkins is undertaking to
tackle the problem of restoring the health Of
children who have suffered by the depression.
Figures presented to Miss Perkins indicate
that no less than one-fifth Of all the children
in the country are now showing signs of I'M
dernourshment lack of proper medical care
and inadequate housing.
That statement speaks for itself and needs
no comment.
Now Miss Perkins has called meeting of
child health leaders, to convene in Washington
on Oct under the auspices of the children's
bureau.
To say that this conference will have
plenty of work to do is to put it very mildly.
1t will have to find way to meet one of the
most distressing situations imaginable. The
whole country will wish it all kinds of success.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
IKE" HOOVER

XTHILE statesmen, politicians, and gold
w braided dignitaries came and went one
simple American citizen stayed on at the
White House through four decades of the re-
public's history. He was Irwin Hood Hoover,
chief usher of the executive mansion, who died
at his post Thursday night.
Ike" HooverS career will not be studied in
classrooms, yet it is worth more than passing
comment. Coming to the White House forty
three years ago as an electrician, he stayed on
through the terms of ten Presidents. His job
was humble enough. All he had to do was to
make the social routine run without hitch.
He was not parsonage, but he was very much
a person. The Presidents from Cleveland down
were glad to call him a friend, and Presidents
wives conhded in him. Probably no American
knew more state secrets than he.
1t is proof of his character that Ike Hoover
kept these secrets locked in his mind. His
memoirs would have made him rich He died
poor.
He was man of great TACT trustworthi
ness, dignity and old-fashioned honor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
THE GRAF SAILS ON

A INVOLVEMENT that the German dir
igible Graf Zeppelin will appear at the
Chicago Century of Progress exposition on
Oct 26 reminds us once more that the Ger
mans seem perfectly at home with these
lighter than-air liners, no matter what diff
cuties other nations may have with them.
This remarkable airship has, by now, a
record of achievement so long that no one
can recite it all without reference book. 1t
has flown around the world, it has crossed
various oceans so many times that people
have lost count, it has acted as a commercial
carrier, and it has never had really serious
accident Now it is going to revisit the Amer
lean middle west. and no one has the slightest
doubt that it will make its trip right on
schedule.
All in all, the career of the Graf Zeppelin
is a striking example of the things that can
be done with dirigible by people who know
the tricks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
Poor Nutrition Puzzle in Child Care

FAILURE to gain weight, or poor
l. nutrition, is considered to be
one of the most serious conditions
that can affect the child.
Interference with nutrition I'M
questionably tends to lower the gen.
eral resistance of the body to dis
ease; it also interferes seriously with
regular growth.
+ The number of children in the
United States who are under weight,
according to DR.. Robert A. Bier,
has been estimated as from one
fourth to one-third of all of them.
A child generally is considered I'M
derweight when it is more than 7
per cent under the weights usually
listed in height-weight-age tables.
There are, of course, many reasons
why child may be undernourished.
Chronic diseases Of all types are
associated with undernourishment
including such serious conditions as
tuberculosis and heart disease, and
such minor conditions as diseased
tonsils and adenoids. as well as
slight disturbances of digestion.
Children VINO are excessively ac-
tive because of irritable nervous
systems also tend to be undernour-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

In emergencies, when steel cars are not readily
available
Unfortunately, there is no law forbidding
railroads from using such Anticipated rolling
stock. although the interstate commerce COM
mission has repeatedly asked congress to enact
such legislation.
But If the federal government applies the
proper pressure, through its railroad co-ordi-
nator, and also offers to provide the necessary
loans, it should not be difficult to induce all
railroads using wooden coaches TO go along
with general scrapping program.
Certainly, the railroad executives would not
be hard to approach on the subject, for they
as well as the travelling pubnc-must realize
the danger of continuing to haul passengers
in such antiquated equipment.
AS matter of fact, the other railroads
should follow the Fries example, without any
government pressure being required. But if
they fail to do So Washington should not
hesitate to take the initiative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
TUESDAY. SEPT. 10. 1879.
STRIKE SUBSTITUTES

NEITHER yesterdays militant notice from
y President Green that his federation Of
labor will not be swayed from organizing the
nations unorganized. nor the record outbreak
of more than 200 strikes this month should
be an occasion for head-wagging or finger
shaking. Both indicate new hope in the
workers hearts
The recovery phases of former depressions
always have been marked by an increase of
labor disputes. Despairing people do not pro-
test. However, strikes are descriptive, and par
ticularly now, unfortunate expedients. The
new conception of the workers role in
industry should make them unnecessary.
Under the MIRA labor assumes a place as
partner with management in the conduct of
industry. The old commodity theory of labor
is strapped. AS Labor Secretary Frances Per-
kins says. The NRA has made labor an iE-
tegral part of our modern state"
The workers now meet the government on
an equal footing with capital and negotiate
through their own chosen spokesman. EN-
-ployers who insist on the discarded master
snd-man relationship miss the meaning of
this experiment in ordered capitalism. Such
backward employers can stir endless mischief
and disorder.
Machinery to put this theory into prac-
tice is inadequate. The national labor board,
composed of equal representatives Of capital
and labor and headed by Senator Wagner,
acting for the government is an ideal national
setup Senator Wagner claims the board al
ready has settled strikes or threatened strikes
involving 100000 men. Similar boards should
be set up in each industry.
49, To attempt to delegate mediation powers
to the 1000 or so compliance boards is grave
mistake The function of these volunteer
bodies is to persuade industry to live up to the
Presidents unemployment agreements. No
mediation boards should be given power to act
unless it gives labor and management equal
voice and unless it is tied into the peoples
government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

piece of candy or glass Of milk
taken just before meal time will
kill the appetite for food.
The next step is to make sure
that all correctible conditions are
taken care of. This would include
the care of tonsils and adenoids,
minor infections in sinuses, over
coming eye strain and establishing
of regular habits of bowel action.
1t is of particular Importance to
emphasize the necessity of a con-
siderable amount of sleep and, even
if the child will not sleep, to make
certain that it gets plenty of rest.
In difficult cases it may be de-
sirable to put the child to bed for
the full day, permitting it to get
up only to attend to its usual ply
siologic wants.
In the less difficult cases the child
should remain in bed until at least
10 o'clock in the morning, taking
long nap in the afternoon, say
from l to 4 o'clock, and then to
go to bed at its usual bed time at
7 o'clock.
Rest will permit the food taken
to be used in the body for growth
and for the repair Of tissue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
INDIANS GET A BREAK

INTERIOR SECRETARY ICKES has put
l. into effect for the national parks a new
policy which deserves three snappy cheers. He
has ruled that all Indian-made articles offered
for sale to tourists in the parks must, hence
forth, actually be of Indian manufacture.
Previously, it seems, vast quantities of en-
dian" handicraft, which had really been made
in New Jersey factories, were unloaded upon
national park tourists.
In the future these must be bona-f1de
goods, made by Indians in the traditional way.
The tourist gets a break in that he is pro-
tected from lot of shoddy limitations and the
Indian, relieved of competition in his efforts
to turn an honest penny by selling the product
of his craftsmanship, gets an even bigger one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
SECURITIES LAW SAVES

DISPATCHES from Washington indicate
~ that the new truth in securities law,
passed by the last congress amid walls from
the financial district, has already saved
American investors a good many millions of
dollars
During the speculative frenzy of the early
summer it seems some of the smart boys de-
cided to cash in by promoting lot of new gold
mining and brewery stocks. The legalization
of beer and the high value of gold had paved
the way, and the public was back in the
market again. Chances looked very good for
killing.
But under the new law there must be filed
a public record of ali the data an investor
needs to determine for himself the value Of
new security, and this record must include the
size of the promoters CUT so lot of these
issues never got to the public at all. And the
general public has, thereby, saved good deal
of money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19

A an aftermath to the recent wreck of an
"A Erie railroad passenger train at Bing-
hamton n. Y. in which fourteen lives were
lost. comes the announcement that all Of the
Fries eiehty-three wooden coaches are being
replaced Immediately.
II was the use Of wooden coach-sand-
viched between steel sleeping cars-that was
responsible for the high death toll in the
wreck. All of those killed and twenty-five
of the injured we're riding in that wooden car
when milk train crashed into the rear of the
passenger express.
Now the Erie through the New York state
board of public utility commissioners, says
that by Sept IS only steel passenger coaches
win be in use and that the wooden cars will
be scrapped.
That, of course, does not abSolve the rail-
road from responsibility for using such car
in the Binghamton wreck. But it does show
that Erie officials have finally awakened to
the dangers of utilizing such Anticipated equip
ment.
And while the Erie is replacing its few re-
manning wooden coaches. other railroads
should do likewise The Pennsylvania, the
New York Central and some smaller railroads
stih are reported to be using wooden coaches
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
OLD LIBERALISM LOSES FAITH

NOTHING is much more instructive in a
Y world where progress is the watchword,
than to listen to the "reminiscences of a dis
illusoned reformer.
Washington correspondent the other day
sat down to chat with Senator Thomas P.
Gore of Oklahoma. Senator Gore used to be
an ardent liberal Wilsonian progressive,
teammate, in the old days, of such fighters as
Bryan and the elder La Toilette. Now he has
cooled off, and he doubts that reforners push
things along much faster, in the long run,
than conservatives.
Years ago, when I was coming along in
life, thought we were going to solve all the
problems of the world" he said.
First, we wanted the initiative and refer
endum 1t was obvious that with the powers
of the initiative the people would do what
ever needed to be done to make ours per-
feet society With the referendum, the peo-
pie would hold in check whatever should not
be done.
"Of course we also had to have the direct
election of United States senators" he goes on
1--WE got that, and, To- it hath made towards
of us all. To cement and consolidate our
gains, we had to have woman suffrage. We
knew the good women would vote only for
honorable and able public servants, wise and
human public policies
And to cap all our reforms We needed
prohibition We were going to substitute the
moral code for the penal code"
And he concludes
I'VE knew that when we accomplished
these things we could sit off on the sidelines
and watch all our problems solve themselves"
Any adult whose memory goes back to pre-
war days can see that all of this was, pretty
largely the old progressive credo. 1t hung
for the most part on an unquestioning faith
in pure democracy. Give the people all the
power possible and all will be we'll; the rem
edy for the ills of democracy is more democ-
racy; the voice of the people is the voice OF
God-so ran the philosophy Of the liberal.
The progressive sounds a different note to-
day. No longer does he rely on an extension
of the principles of jefferson and Jackson
Democracy has to function in an infinitely
complex society. Your up-to-date reformer
is more likely to be an economist or an en-
gineer than a politician. He fights for the
same old cause-a freer, happier life for the
ordinary man-but he has been forced to use
different weapons The old ones were good,
but they weren't enough by themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-19
Editor Journal of the American Medical
Association and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine.
BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

ished. Others are undernourished
because they do not eat well, lack
appetite, hurry to get out to play,
constantly battle over food with
their parents, or play so much that
they become exhausted or faigued.
The obvious way to overcome poor
nutrition is to feed more food.
However, there are other ways Of
getting at the problem, represent
ing in way the reverse of what
is done when one wishes to reduce
weight.
For instance the food that is
chosen should be of the type that
tends to increase weight, including
sufficient amounts of carbohydrates
and plenty Of vltamins.
1t may be desirable to lower the
irritability of the nervous system by
suitable psychologist measures or by
giving medicaments capable of low
ering such irritability.
Sometimes it is worth while, in
causing the child to eat more at
meal times, to make certain that it
does not eat between meals. A