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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

We've heard about international confer ences on the debt question and also on dis armament, but seldom do you read about such a session to discuss the duck situation. Yet that is just what is going to happen. There will be conference of this nature in either the United States or Canada early in 1884 to do something about our diminishing supply of wild ducks. We've been killing them off faster than they can breed in these hectic days. Hunters should recognize the fact that few things are in favor of the duck today. It has to contend with ever so many difficulties that in the good old days were not present. Adequate feeding grounds during migra- tory periods are not to be found so ire quently today despite government efforts to provide them. There are more hunt CTS and there are any number of men (can you call them huntersD who simply go after ducks to bring home the full legal limit. It's boast with them that they filled the bag every day they hunted. It matters little their need for the birds or that of the people to whom they will give them and who probably will relegate them to the garbage can without so much as cooking them. We're all for international conferences on the duck question if they will give the duck break and not the hunter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Washington, Dec 14.-Officials are keeping very quiet about it, but Army and Navy Intelligence report an unusually large num- Der of Japanese military and naval officers in the United States acting under suspicious circum- stances.
 Several of them have been ar- rested, the latest being Major Satohata Takahashi, taken in on a deportatojn warrant by the la bor department in Detroit last week. TaKahashi was organiz- ing a society for the promotion of colored races-negroes, East In- dians, Japanese-in the United States. He had no visible means of support and. had entered the country illegally.
 SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS
 Other cases include that of two junior Japanese naval offi- cers who were studying at Har- yard, and during their vacation, took a motor trip to California. Near San Diego they had a smash up, one was killed, the other seriously injured. In their pockets were found sketches of San Diego harbor.
 Another interesting case was that of a Japanese naval officer who spent several days riding back and forth in busses between Los Angeles and the naval base at San Pedro. What he was in- tercstcd in was talking to Amer ican enlisted men who also rode on the busSes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
A Common Plight

Continuing our discussion of yesterday on the plight of many cities that are forced to levy large taxes, we point tonight to the situation in Cleveland, which is the sixth ranking city in the United States in pop ulation. According to city officials there the city is bankrupt. According to the Chamber of Commerce this isn't so. Ac- cording to the city's Finance Director there is no danger of receivership. Still the city is seeking special legislation to take care of current expenses for which no funds are available.
 There is this to be said of Cleveland. It is in no worse condition than many cities larger or smaller than it. It may be un- fortunate, of course, Ill that It Will not secure the necessary financial or legal ald before the damage is done. But certalnly its condition today can be no worse than Chicagos was back few years. And what of New York, the largest city in the land? There are three cities in three dlt- ferent states and in three different sec tions of the nation. Mismanagement cannot be charged in each and every one of them, as would be the natural reaction.
 The trouble with most of our cities and towns is that they have been expecting more from the taxpayers than possibly could be done A check-up in practically every city or town in the land will reveal that tax deinquencies have increased materially in the last four years. That's the situation in Waterbury where there IS S3,OOO,OOO owed the city in back taxes. Probably half million of this is on the books prior to 1930. The rest has been the heritage of the hard times. Perhaps a sizeable proportion of this sum will never be removed from the accounts but some part of it will.
 It would be foolish for us to suggest remedy. We have on many an occasion pointed out that the only sure way to ease the tax burden is to remove some of the taxes. This can only be done by lowering the cost of government. And this necessl- tates fewer demands from the citizens for various types of civic improvement. If we want modern things we must be pre- pared to pay for them. And the only way we can is by taxation. Management, such as we are getting in this city, IS bound, however, to show results in the long run. Patience is now in order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
COUNT ToLsToY

(New Haven Journal-Courier) z
 The career of Count Ilya Tol- stoy, third child of a famous father, beginning in Yasnaya Polyana. Rus- sia. and closing at New Haven, bridged more than an ocean. Into his three-score and nine years was crowded diversity of activities, a rnnge of achievements, which as- tounds even in the cold impartial- ity of print. He was raised in old Russia and he strove to undestarfti the new. It was his fate to be regularly branded the1 son of a much greater man and he accepted this fact. Count Leo Tolstoy was one of the giants of modern litera- ture. Count Ilya Tolstoy was merely the son of his father. But he made that future distinction. :. Though he lived much of the time during the past decade in the Zoar hills of southbury, his presence in Con- necticut was never widely publicized nor did he mingle much in state ac- tivities. The home here was rather a rest station between adventures elsewhere, at Hollywood assisting in the filming of his fathers stories. In the Canadian northwest studying caribou migrations for the Ameri- can Muesum of Natural history, in Hunduras collecting tropical speci~ mems for the Philadelphia museum. But Connecticut citizens recognize that with his death, they have lost a distinguished resident who brought here the flavor of the aus thentic Russian spirit and stimula- ted the study of a great Russian novelist. M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
Legal Orphans

One of the minor problems accompany ing repeal is that of deciding what to do with the people who now are in prison for violating the 18th amendment. According to official records, there are at present 3,765 persons in federal prisons for vio- lating law which no longer exists. What are we to do with them?
 It is pretty obvious that no blanket rule can be adopted. Many of these people, probably, ought to be released forthwith They are men who were law-abiding in all respects but one, and they are not apt to violate any other laws if they are released.
 But there are also many who ought to serve every day of their sentences. Some of our prohibition law violators were fair ly tough babies. A general amnesty which turned them loose to find some other way of preying on society would be a very expensive mistake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
HISTORY

Very few families were known to have received injuries at. the hands of the Indians here. By. 173S there was a representative list of families living here. There were as follows: John Smith, 8; Thomas Foot, Samuel Thomas 8; Thomas Hickox 5; Samuel Luis 9; George Welton 10; Samuel Judd 5; Ger shom Scott 5; James Smith, 2; Thomas Richards 9; William Sco- will 6; Thomas Judd 4 Moses Bron- son II; Samuel Hickcox 12; Caleb Clark 9.
 Daniel How 8: John Andrews 6 i; Jonathan Scott 3; James Brown g.; John Warner 4; James Williams q; George Nichols 6:.James Bcleny l.; Richard Seymour 4; and Jonathan Garnsey 10.
 Of all the early settlers the one recorded as receiving injuries from the Indians was the family of Ed mund Scott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Job Comes Back As
 Modern Philosopher

Imagine Job come to life again ? Job .and his three sympathizing friends, Eliphaz and Bildad and Zophar-all three consoling him in
 his misery and reasoning with him ! in his changing moods
 This time, however, it is not up on the goodness and mercy of the Lord that these philosophers of old discourse. Rather, is is upon modern subjects, upon Modernism and Fundamentalism, upon life and death and religion and ohter inti- mate matters.
 And in a delightful reassuring way, indeed, does Charles Hardy
 Meigs present these characters and
 their thoughts in a parlor drama he
 entities, appropriately, The Man of Uz." It is a parlor drama be- cause one hardly would expect to see it performed on the stage. In fact, the work has no box office appeal whatever.
 But as abundance for parlor dis cussion it is unique and ideal. It is really a dramatic poem-or a poetic drama, If you care-in three acts. New Biblical cahracters are introduced, but each has his or
 her significance in this modern Book of Job. Besides reading this review, there are two other ways of discovering what it is all about. One is by read ing the authors very entertaining preface, and the other is by glanc- ing through his "index" or signifi- cant thoughts from the various characters. Still there is much
 left for the reader in the drama it. self.
 Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
The New Yardstick

In describing the aim of the new deal as "a prosperity socially controlled for the common good" President Roosevelt has handed us new yardstick. Extent of the reconstruction which accompanies recovery will depend largely on how much we insist on applying this yardstick to the various measures which come before us for adoption. Those eight words can be just about anything we want them to be. They can be an empty phrase or they can be the bannered slogan for new order. They can leave us just as we were or they can produce the most profound changes. It all depends on how seriously we care to take them. A nation which was truly determined to control it's pros perity for the common good would not have room for a number of the things that this nation has had room for in the last decade.
 It scarcely would have room for an Insult, for example. Insull profited nightly, built up great financial en- pire, tied holding companies together intricately, won fame and power and riches = and left the rest of the country holding the bag. It would hardly have room for Wiggin, who contrived to put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Leave it to little Finland to come through at the ninth hour with something pretty good. This nation has just an- nounced that it will pay its obligations to Uncle Sam on the date appointed. In short on Friday that country will turn over to us $229,623, the full amount due on it's war obligation. This is probably the only country that has resolved to live up to it's refunding agreement with the United States. Others have defaulted or simply have indicated that they would not pay. In view of such willingness to pay we can hear millions of Americans saying that here's country with whom we would welcome negotiations to bring about debt revision. There will be number of token" payments this week and most of them will be accepted. France has been conspicuous by her complete silence on the subject. Better think about your rare wines collecting dust, Ma Belle France!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
Berlin Letter
BY H. A. PETERS United Press Staff Correspondent


 Berlin, (UP)-The Polono-Ger-
 man agreement to refrain from force in settling future problems
 has raised hope in Danzig for sbet- ter trade conditions, but has aroused conflicting opinions in the Balkan states, particularly Lithu- Gnia.
 Danzig does not expect any fun damental changes in the eastern
 situation, nor does any other close | observer. But as a Germanic state, and an important port she does hope to profit by a lifting of Polish German trade barriers which may now follow. Danzig realizes there is much anti-German feeling
 in Poland, heritage of former col onization, which coupled with the Corridor problem, forms real ob- stable to rapprochement. Offsetting
 these facts are two trends recently observable, namely, a Polish re- sentiment of French influence, and q certain Russian conciliation to-
 ward her eastern neighbors. Conflicting Feelings Two conflicting feelings obtain
 in the Battles where the agreement is regarded as a non-aggressiOn pact. One is relief at the promises not to resort to force since the Baltics, apparently forgetting the | life-saving services rendered them | when German volunteers answered their appeals and delivered them from invading Bolshevik maraud- CTS in the early postwar years, have always regarded their coun-
 tries as a potential German arsenal | and point of attack against Poland. should hostilities ever break out. The other feeling in tho Battles is one of uneasiness that Poland, having reached an understanding | with Germany, may feel more free
 to conduct a penetration police to-
 ward the north, especially toward Lithuania.
 Peaceful Intentions In general, however, little is ex- pected from the agreement as it
 now stands. It is pointed out that. stripped to essentials, it consists of little more than a statement of peaceful intentions, which is noth- ing new in diplomacy. < Indeed it would have been surprising if such a statement had not been forth4
 coming after the two to three
 months conversations which pre- ceded the agreement.
 The present understanding, 1t is believed, touches only such prob- lems as the minorities in each
 country, and seeks a means for lifting present trade barriers. A non-aggression pact, which may follow this initial step, surely would mean a big step toward clar- flying the eastern situation, even though it were qualified. But such a pact cannot alter the fundamen- l tai problems to the east of Ger
 many-the Corridor. Upper Silesia, and Danzig. Only an East Locarno, guaranteeing the status quo of present boundaries, could achieve that most observers feel, and such a pact would be impossible for Germany, just as the creation of the Corridor was unacceptable in the beginning.
 Opposition to the agreement in Poland found voice in the Nation al Democratic Deputy Stanislaw Stronsky who minimized the con- versations, saying, ''they can neith- CT lead to a bethrotal nor a mar riage; Poland is not to be had as bride, although the two parties may well remain good friends"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
So They Say

He (Al Smith) is in the midst of an emotional reaction he cannot control. He is having an atavistic explosion of this traumatic shock that is producing neurotic beha- vior pattern.-David Seabury. psy- chologist.
 After fiye-year drunk, the country will realize it has made a serious mistake in repeating the 18th amendment.-W. E. Pussy foot" Johnson.
 This coding business Is no longer a theory. The name-caliing stage Is past.-C. B. Huntress, executive se- cretary of the National Coal Asso- citation.
 We never will return to the old order of rugged individualism In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Yale students whose ideas and actions bring them into conflict with the city or state authorities cannot expect the uni- versity to stand behind them, is the recent ruling of Dean Clarence w. Wendell. Any business or labor troubles in New Haven, for example, in which collegemen become involved are purely civil and not academic matters The proclamation is the result of action Yale chapter of the National Students League took recently during a New Haven demonstration. There'll be no such doings on the Yale campus. Any thing outside is beyond the schools juris- diction. And that's that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

(By Frances CaSSella In The New
 York Times) Let me come to you as a friend After a lengthy journey; one who stands With much of earth's warm sun and cooling dew Articulate on her face, with far-off lands signatured on her brain-and with desire To find beside your hearth her journeys end; To bring within your home the That has the fortnight, simple name of Friend. And let your ways and moods con- tinue on Just as they've done; let me be- come a part Of what you are: bring back no thing that's gone, Hide nothing that remains; just let my heart Be one with you and yours. and bit by bit Learn all those truths for which God fashioned it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

O. Give the area and breadth of Long Island.
 A. It is 12 to 23 miles wide, and 1,GS2 square miles in area.
 e. Are the Lapps of Asiatic or igin?
 A. Virchow believed them to be a branch of tho Films, although they seem to be clearly distin- guished from the Films proper by the form of their crania and phys ical features. Schaafhausen regard cd them as descendants of the Mongolian tribes driven northward and migrating west along the Are tic shores. Their language Is allied to that of the Films, and they are not pure race. as is shown by Swedish. Norwegian, Finnish and Russian names. o. Has Johnny Weissinuller married recently? @
 A. He married Lupe velez at Las Vegas, Nevada, october 8, 1888. ,a.r
 Q. Should son who bears the exact name of his father drop the title junior when his parent dies? A. Usually 1t is dropped unless the father was prominent person and confusion might result, as in the case of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr, Robert La Toilette, Jr. and others.
 C.. What was the last picture fvS xx.INf nh Eyrnn act D0A A. T Cover the Waterfront, 1" produced by United Artists Cor poration.
 c. How many stenographers and typists are there in the United
 A. Tine 1880 census enumerated 36,05O male and 775,14O female stenographers and typists.
 Q. What is "burlesque show?'
 A. A dramatic travesty, largely intersperseds with music, of some popular legend, custom, romance or play A dramatic extravanza. The word is derived from the Italian "Burlesco." Burla means Jest" @. Give the correct pronuncia- tion of superfiuous.
 A. Soo-perf -lu-us accent on the second syllable.
 2; Where is the Bremerton navy
 A. Bremerton. Washington, e. What was James Garfield's definition of a university? A. Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and student on the other"
 o. Name the county seat of Hamilton county. Ohio. A. Cincinnati. Q. Name the governors of Alas ka, Hawaii. and the. Virgin Islands. A. Alaska, John w. Troy; Ha- wall, Lawrence M. Judd; Virgin Islands, Paul M. Pearson. Q. What are the politics of the New York Times?
 A. Independent democratic. this country, for it has proved an industrial and social Wil- liam Green. YDFeaident of the A F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
Questions And Answers ae by lrss The Democrats Washington Information bureau
yoUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Here's good news for the trout fisher men who claim that they can't find fish in our streams and ponds. Two rearing pools are being built in Pachaug State Forest by CCC men. The pools, measuring 50 by 200 feet, will be the largest in the state. We'll, at that rate some of us editors ought to get the trout that have been promised of recent years by ambitious. fishermen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
DAILYWASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
: By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN .

ActiUities Of JOpdmese Officers Here Stir Military Suspi cions; Barck Burned Wp Wires Roosevelt for Peek AAA Fdre-Up; BreiOery Workers Told That ThereW be NRA After Jasuary l; It Was Joe Twmwlty Who Grabbed Oft That Liqwor Plum for Doran
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

The present American Brass Co office building facing the E. E. staS tion was occupied in 1913.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

The Smith and Griggs Manu- facturing company was established in 1869.
 The Naugatuck railroad from Derby to Winsted was completed between 1840 and 1850. I. ,- x.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

The Silas Bronson Library was begun in 1869 through an endowss ment of $200,000 made by Silas Bronson of Middlebury. ... ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
Know Your Waterbury Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS

Sprague. school. in .Waterville constituted separate school dis trict until 1916.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

A Chase Brass & Copper Co plant was erected in Euclid village. Cleveland, Ohio, on a tract of land containing about 50 acres. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

During the War of 1872 fifteen men from here served in the army for about ono year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
THE EDITOR.

Q. What is the annual salary of General Hugh Johnson. head of the N. E. A.? ' A.. $6,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

If you want a copy of our bull lctin on Pendants, Fudges < Bon- bOns, write to the Waterbury Dcni- Oc:at's, Washington Bureau, ems closing five cents In postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Who says we've got nothing out of this depression? Look at our vocabularies..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

That National Association for the Advancement of the Fine Arts of Drink ing", if it's sincere, might start by ruling out more than one cocktail before meal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4 :54 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

this country, for it has proved an industrial and social Wil-
 liam Green, president of the A. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14
Selected Poem
WANDERER,s RETURN

(By Frances Cassella in The New
 York Times)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

e. Name the governors of Alas ka, Hawaii. and the Virgin Islands.
 A. Alaska, John w. Troy; Ha- wall, Lawrence M. Judd; Virgin Islands, Paul M. Pearson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

Q. What are the politics of the New York Times?
 A. Independent democratic.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-18
Mt. Ebal

Mr.. and Mrs Emmett Roland OF
Chesterhill called ION Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Ellis. Sunday. Mrs. Ellis is
slowly improving.
Edgar Mott is spending few
days in Columbus.
Mrs. Otto Cowger is on the sick
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hooper and
son Carl Worthington spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Mott, and motored Sunday afternoon
to the old Indian lookout rock
Velma Mott is home, after spend
ing the past two weeks assisting
Mrs. Clovis Roland in her work.
Our neighborhood is increasing in
population, with Mr.. and Mrs. Othel
Mills ruth Adrian) moving to the
Adrian farm, Vernon Scott to the 0.
E. Lochary farm, Floyd Calendine
to the Lester Reese property.
VIM. Lochary of Roxbury spent
Monday with Otto Cowger.
The farm folks Of this vicinity are
pretty well organized in the "Duck
movement" (duck or get wet)
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-18
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Clara McInturf is at the home Of
Miss Alice Simpson, near Hackney,
helping care for the sick.
John Fouts was called to Ma
rietta Saturday on account Of the
death of his brother, Chester Fouts.
Ernest Drake and family of Xenia
spent Mothers day with their par
ents, here.
Roy James and L. o. Snearley are
both on the sick list.
Fred McInturf and wife were
Sunday dinner guests of C. S. Hiatt
and wife, and called at the Riley
Dougan home in the afternoon.
c. b. McInturf and wife, Law
renee McInturf and son and Everett
McInturf and wife attended the fu-
neral of Chester Fouts of Marietta,
at McConnelsville, Monday.
Leonard Niceswanger and wife OF
GAINESVILLE spent Saturday night
with their parents here, and spent
Sunday afternoon with Fred Davis
and wife of McConnelsville
Helen and Lois Dougan of Penns-
vile visited May MeInturf, Sunday.
G.. P. James and wife were Sunday
visitors at the Henry Best home.
Marie McInturf visited in Zanes-
Vile, part of last week.
Merlyn McInturf and family Of
Sugar Grove, F.. r. Strahl and fam
ily, and Mrs. Sade McInturf were
callers Sunday afternoon at the
Everett McTnturf home.
Mrs. Joanna Roush is much i'm
proved.
J. T. Ball is under a Doctors care.