davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

far we can 20 in this respect will depend
on the extent of cooperation proposed,
and the response of the other countries.
Latin-American governments and private
interests are always seeking loans in this
country. Often they have trouble paying
them, and we have trouble collecting them.
Much of the odium Uncle Sam has gained
between the Rio Grande and Antarctica
has come from using governmental pres
sure to collect private debts.
1t may be that the remedy for this evil
is more governmental participation rather
than less. 1t seems unlikely that our gov
eminent would have got our country in
so bad with the Cubans, for instance,
through loans to the Machado government,
as the Chase National Bank of New York
seems to have done on its own initiative.
If business must be mixed with foreign
diplomacy, as seems to be the case nova
days, perhaps the government had better
have real authority. But Uncle will have
to walk warily with these sensitive Latin
Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

on the presidents gold buying
operations.
For weeks he had sided with
Dean Acheson, recently dished as
under secretary, in opposition to
the presidents latest monetary
experiment. Both gave Roosevelt
complete cooperation, but they
disapproved OF the plan.
Early last week Woodin had a
brief chat with the president,
When he returned to the treas
ury he summoned reporters for
a press conference. The secretary
was in his most amiable mood,
told amusing stories and anec-
dotes, but gave no news.
Shortly thereafter, Steve Early,
White House press secretary,
announced that W0odin would
issue . statement. Newspaper
men called WOOdin's secretary.
but he denied knowing anything
about It.
Much mystified the newsmen
were wondering what 1t was all
about when Woodin's secretary
telephoned that he wanted to see
them again. When they reas-
sembled in his office, Woodin in
formed them that he had over
looked saying at the previous
meeting that the president had
his wholehearted backing.
His auditors smiled and de-
parted.
PROCESSES LOYALTY
Two hours later Woodin
popped in unannounced in the
treasury press room. Seating
himself on a table he told news
papermen, with whom he Is
personally very popular, that he
had dropped in for a little chat
to make sure that they had no
doubts about his loyalty to the
president.
Franklin Roosevelt" he de-
clared, generously, lis saving
America. His program and poll
cies mean recovery, prosperity,
progress, peace"
"Why, Mr. Secretary" observ-
ed one of the surprised report
ers, "you have been keeping
something from us. You belong
In the senate"
mo-" replied Woodin with a
shy smile, IT don't believe I'd go
very well in the senate"
MERRY.GO-ROUND
In a last-minute appeal for
votes the republican ticket in
Reading, Pa, printed full-page
ads in the local papers syaing:
Support the nations president
by voting the straight republican
ticket. Heading the list of
candidates was large picture
of President Roosevelt.
Mystery surrounds the appoint
.ment of e. Francis Riggs as
chief of police of Puerto Rico.
Member of an old Mary
land family, Riggs is not the
usual chief of police type.
Copyright, 1888, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
The Jobs Done

The resignation of Attorney John ID.
Thoms as chairman of the Waterbury
branch of the Crusaders is in order, we
think. The writer having been affiliated
with the local group is familiar with the
aims and purposes of the Crusaders and
feels that Mr. Thoms' action was proper.
We think that his action may be followed
in other cities, too, where the Crusaders
have been active in the last few years.
Certainly there is need for the local
branches to take some stand on the latest
move of the national chapter.
AS Mr. Thoms stated in announcing his
resignation the original intention OF the
Crusaders was non-partisan in every par
ticular. There was no effort ever to enlist
the support of any man or woman for his
or her political connections. The Crusad-
ers were organized and fourished mainly
to bring about the downfall of the 18th
amendment. This, has been accomplished
in word. 1t will be accomplished in fact on
December when the Both state shall have
ratified the repeater amendment.
Having accomplished this there remains
nothing left for the. Crusaders, to this
writer's way of thinking, but to disband
If the organization desires to enter some
other field now it certainly should reor-
ganize. We can't very well expect thous-
ands of Crusaders to entertain the same
feelings for campaign for sound money
as they did for the overthrow of the mobile
/ experiment" In the first place how many
of us really have working knowledge OF
sssound money" imitation, and the various
other terms that we read and hear today?
Not many, we'll wager
And even if there was great multitude
of citizens, fully acquainted with the fl
nancial ramifications of this nation, how
could it possibly be taken for granted that
they would agree on the one point, as they
did unanimously on the overthrow of the
18th amendment? There could be so many
diverse opinions on sound money that it
seems hopeless to this writer to suppose
even that the Crusaders could attempt to
educate the nation to it's way of think
ing. We are inclined to think that the
Crusaders are now getting over ambi-
tious. We suggest stopping with the
knowledge that one great deed has been
done Why destroy the good work by
bungling something in which the popular
mind has little concern?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

Washington, Nov. 21-When
General johnson returned from
his western speaking tour he re-
ported to Roosevelt that he had
found widespread enthusiasm
for the MIRA, but that IL drastic
measures were not promptly
taken to punish chisellers, popula
backing would weaken. He urg-
ed immediate and forceful ac-
ton.
The president indicated that
he was 100 per cent behind him,
told him to go the limit and in
vited him down to Warm
Springs.
WAR BY RADIO
Enrique Bordenave, sagacious
minister of Paraguay, never
goes to the movies in the eve
ming. Nor does he go to the
theater. In fact, he is not overly
anxious to go any place.
For every night about nine
O'Clock, Minister Bordenave likes
to turn ON his radio. 1t is one Of
the best In the capital, fitted
with q short wave receiving set.
various capitals of South Amer
lea.
For despite the peace efforts of
the league, the United States,
and various Latin American
neutrals, Paraguay and Bolivia
remain officially and desperately
at war.
BOOMERANG
Apparently bankers are people
who just never learn.
Some of them are now on the
way to getting themselves into
more trouble. 1t is the invest
ment bankers this time, and
their refusal to include fair
trade regulations in their MIRA
code is where they muffed the
ball.
Members of the senate bank.
ing committee, sharpening their
knives for bankers all summer
under the tutelagc of Ferdie PEE
cora, are sore. They threaten to
introduce drastic legislation to
do for the Investment bankers
what they refused to do for
themselves.
NRA AROUSED
NRA executives also are
aroused. Division Administrator
Whiteside even refused to hold
hearings on the innocuous code.
He threw it back to the bankers
with the rebuke: you gentle-
men, apparently, have not taken
this matter seriously"
What particularly irritates
MIRA officials Is that last summer
the bankers were given addi-
tional time to work out rules for
their own disagreement.
But when the code finally ap-
peared not a line about self
regulation was in it.
PICTURE CODE
AL Smith was in happy mood
when he reached the White
House for his first visit with the
presidential family. He greeted
reporters warmly, posed smil-
ingly for photographers.
The latter were Unsuitable.
Everytime Al started to turn
away, they yelled: "Just one
more, governor, just one more"
Al was patient, but he shouted
back with a grin:
"You fellows ought to get to-
gether and work out a code SO
you all do this simultaneously"
PERSISTENT
1t took Secretary on-leaye Will
Woodin three press conferences
last week to get himself straight
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
Berlin Letter
BY EDWARD BEATTIE
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

sOs~~.-
Berlin-(UP)-Nazi membership
is like an anagram players night
mare, confided the little fellow in
the brown hat.
He sat across the cafe table,
thunnbing disconsolately through
an evening paper. You see,". he
explained, II am a Nazi."
'fOf course, haven't been one
very long," he continued, "but al
ready I belong to three party Or
CARNATIONS. I never have been
quite sure what they were. They
always call them by their initials.
and that gets me all mixed up.
Easy For Pioneers
ut was easy for the fellows
who joined up early. All they had
to remember was NSDAP, which
you must admit is a neat way of
saying Ma 10 n a i'alistiche
Deutsche, Arbeiterpartei' and its
OSAF, or 'Oberster Sturmabtei-
lungsfuehrer,' who of course was
Adolf Hitler.
Now there are SO many it's
hard to keep track, and l never
was any good anyway in algebra.
I'm supposed to go to a meeting
tonight anu near SpStCleS, UuC
I've forgotten which one"
His only clue was that someone
was to address the gathering on
the duty of someone toward the
new Germany. His table compan-
ions offered TO help. A systematic
search of the paper began.
Plenty of Speeches
1t developed that the NSBO was
to meet to hear an exposition of
The Duty of the Handworker in
the National Socialist State; that
the NSKOV was to be addressed
on the subject of 'The Duty of
the War Veteran in the National
Socialist State; that the NSKK,
NSLB and NSVWF had been call
ed together to learn respectively
"The Duty of the Average Citizen
in the National Socialist State"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
IN TO-DAY'S MAIL
thnk?-Send communications
your opinions Editor Waterbury
Domestic Consumers of Water Should Get Preference Any
Water Rate Adjustment

have a lower rate than domestic
consumers. The purpose of mu-
nicipal water plant is to- meet the
demand for water. but not to ere.
ate a demand unless those who are
to be specially benefited thereby
are willing to meet the additional
cost. When somebody tells me
that people who use water to make
beer, wash metal, propel elevators,
run railroad trains and work Of
that character, cannot afford to
pay, the same price as the ordinary
householders, always suspect
that he knows he is bolstering up
q case that has no foundation in
fact.
If you should adopt that rule on
real estate 1t would be folly for a
working man to try to own home
of his own. No matter what one
may say about the general assem-. .
bly, 1t fixes the law so that the
large owner Of real estate pays the
same rate as the small one. The
cost of potable water TO domes-
tic consumers never should be
more than q short profit after
meeting the expense OF impound-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
HISTORY

In 1870 movement in Farming
ton to confer land under certain
conditions to settlers was the first
vital step towards the settlement Of
Waterbury. Land was allotted IN
parcels along the Mattebeset River
to various persons and this led
later to land grants farther away
to other people.
About four years later twenty
six men applied for settlement of Il
plantation at Mattatuck which was
later known as Waterbury. This
petition was dated October 8. 1873.
and was given a hearing before the
court at Hartford.
The court at Hartford appointed
Thomas Bull, Nicho Olmstead and
Robert Webster to view the lands
and report back by May of the
next year. This committee went to
work and viewing the land re-
quired four days Of investigating
and it Is reported that on April G..
Z, 8 and Q. 1914. these men spent
most of their time in the wilder
naSS
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Masefield's Latest Book
Is A Fine Sea Tale

blru OIL ny
Masefield, is a straight-away story
of the sea, written by past master
at the job; an almost unbelievably
good tale Of the gorgeous clipper
ship era, worthy of a place on your
shelf between Melville and Dana.
Tho opening page puts us aboard
the clipper Blackgauntlet, racing
up through the Atlantic to London
with a cargo of tea from China.
spreading sail for every puff Of
wind, in the hope of beating the
half-dozen other clippers that sail
ed from China at the same time.
A steamer strikes the ship In a
fog and vanishes. The Blackgaunt-
let promptly sinks. and one boat
load of men. commanded by the
young second mate, gets away. The
rest go to the bottom.
Then follow days in an open
boat in a bowling gale. The
boat leaks, the water supply turns
out to be salty, food Is scarce. the
nearest land is 700 miles away.
Then, just as the men are giving
up all hope, they come upon an
other Of the clippers. the Bird of
Dawning.
The ship, sound and seaworthy,
has been abandoned in mid-ocean,
her skipper. a dour religious fam
attic, having gone suddenly daft and
taken to the boats with all hands.
So the survivors board the ship,
work her, short-handed, to London.
win the great tea race and set all
England talking.
That's the story. AS a tale Of
pure adventure, it is breathlessly
exciting: as an authentic picture Of
an unutterably romantic era, 1t is
something that no lover Of sea
stories can afford to miss.
Published by Macmillan, it sells
tor $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
. SO They Say

d Il B A
No one. can foretell the result Of
our adventure into the specialization
OF business, but we're on q aone-way
street and cannot turn back
Waiter Teagle. Z;
1t is not SO much how q nation
works as how 1t plays that deter
mines its. .future.--Dr Paul C.. Stet-
son. superintendent of Indianapolis
schools.
War is biological-or glanduIar,
II you will.-Dr william e. Lower
of Cleveland.
Business is good. I'm at peace
with the world. Senator James
Thomas Helm.
Assurediy at such astime as
this. the world should drink more
wine. -Premier Albert sarraut Of
France.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
If the water system is not self
supporting, I'm in favor of paying
higher rate provided / am not
charged more than other con-
sumers. I have always been OPP
posed to families who use water
to drink, cook with and wash in
being assessed more for the serv-
ice than those who apply It to COM
mercial purposes. The idea Of the
railroad company and similar corr
porations getting water at lower
rates than their employees is mani
testify unfair to the domestic Gus
toner. The commercial consumer
can get back a part of what water
costs him out Of the business he
carries on, but the householder
has no such way Of reducing his
expenses. Besides making a favor
able rate to large Consumers, en-
courages the use or water thereby
necessitating the cost OF vast sums
In meeting the demand.
It has always seemed rather
strange to me that anybody should
take the ground that users Of wa
ter forcommercial purposes should
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
Well-Used National Parks

Interesting figures, presented by Super
intendent Toll, show the popularity of the
Yellowstone National park. In the past
season there were 161 1888 visitors, an in
crease of 4,314 over 1882. Most of the
travellers came in by automobile, but yisi-
tors carried by the railroads seem to have
made up for their smaller numbers by the
variety of places from which they came.
There were tourists from every state in
the union, from Alaska, the Canal Zone,
Hawaii, the Philippines and thirty foreign
countries.
An amusing detail is the statement that
1,641 dogs entered the park with their
owners and had dandy time getting ex-
cited over the hundreds of elk, antelopes,
moose, bears and wild sheep they saw
from car windows. More than $4,000
motorists camped out during their stay in
the Yellowstone, while total of 1866
attended lectures on wild life and geology
of the region. There were many visitors
to other National Parks, too. 1t is obvi-
Gus that the public is becoming informed
about the wonderful opportunities of va
cations in these places and is making in
creasing use of them. tt-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

@. Is the man who started the
great Klondike gold. rush living?
A. Robert Douglas Henderson
who started the rush, died In Jan
uary, 1898, at the age of 76.
@. What proportion of the
population of the United States live
on farms?
A.. The 1886 census enumerated
6.2SS.648 farms. and farm popu
latfon of 30.445,350. Tho tota.
population of the United States was
122,776,046.
Q. How did James G. Blaine get
the sobriquet "Plumed knight?''
A. 1t originated in speech OF
Col Robert G. Ingersoll, Who said
Like an armed warrior, like, a
plumed knight, James G.. Blaine
marched down the halls of the
American Congress. and threw his
shining lance full and fair against
the. brazen forehead of every de-
tanner of this country and maiigner
of its honor"
Q. How many Jews are there in
Germany?
A. The last official census enum-
Grated 564.379.
Q. Did Bet.v Cow, the Lind
bergh nurse, commit suicide just
after the kidnapping OF Charles
Lindbergh, Jr.? n
A.. No. She Is employed by the
Lindberghs as a nurse for their
second child.
- s@.
in Ohio.
A. Eighty eight.
Q. Which building in the 1893
Worlds Columbian Exposition In
Chicago. was largest
A. The Liberal Arts building, q
Corinthian structure, that was H.
400 feet long and 385 feet wide. .
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

Standard time was just so years old last
Saturday. All of which may puzzle those
who rarely ever give thought to time
other than to being on time or late for
their appointments. However, before Nov.
10, 1883, there were three systems of time
in force in this nation" sun," "local,"
and railroad" Of course this was too
confusing for a growing nation like our
own AS result Congress on March Is,
1888, approved standard time. William
Frederick Allen, veteran railroad writer,
is usually credited with being the father
of standard time. Incidentally it means
nothing more nor less than time estimated
at meridians west of Greenwich.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

ing, delivery and upkeep. When
the income goes below this there
should belan increase In the rates.
consumerS paying the same rate
for the number of cubic feet used.
1t Is true that some contend that
If there is to be difference In rates,
the domestic consumer should lie
the one favored. but ] would not
object to the fiat rate to all.
TAXPAYER.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

The flow of talk that your dentist hands
you while he grinds industriously into the
recesses of your best teeth is nothing more
nor less than proof that he's psyche
logist. At least that's what the authorities
claim. Today's well trained dentist is
taught to allay the fears of the patient,
which always begin when the door of the
dental office is opened. How about show
ing Mae West picture on the specially
constructed office screen?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

1.-THE Duty of the Average Citizen
in the National Socialist Revolu-
ton" and 1.-THE Duty of the Aver
age Citizen in the Third Reich"
Also that the VIDA, DIV. SA,
IS, HI, PPD, PHD and ADAC
were just meeting for reasons un-
specified.
That doesn't seem to help
much," someone admitted. "Why
don't you try attending as many
meetings as possible? %
IT think sighed the little fell
low in the brown hat, "that will
have another beer
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
BRASS CITY FACTS

In the olden times water for con-
sumption was first obtained from
the rivers and springs in Water
bury. Then came wells. 1t was
not until sometime between 1900
and 1906 that the first conduit was
made near the northeast corner OF
Grove and Willow streets and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
DAILYWASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND

by DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN
Authors of "washnston
Roosevelt Redsses johnson That He's 100 Per Cent Back
of Him; Despite Peace Efforts, PardgUGyBOIivi War
Goes Desperately On; Boomerang Hits Investment
Bankers IN Fair Trade Res for Code The Difficulties
of Secretary-on-Leave Wooden With Gold Buying
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

.
@. Give the. number of src,lii-
atcs from. COLLEGES and universities
ir the United States III 1881.
Az 1.3.S53
@. What does the name, JEANNE
me@n? 5. ~. T..
A. Little Jean, Jean means &c
loved of God" $500
Q. Name the capitals Of Turkey
and Russia. s-
A. Anl;ara. and Moscow, respec-
lively. A
@. How many species OF fresh
and salt water fish are found In
Florida?
A. or the 57s species of fish
credited to Florida waters. 81 are
fresh-water. 20 may be regarded as
brackish- water species and the re-
manning 495 are salt water.
Q. How many gallons of water
are there In the Atlantic ocean?
A. Roughly. $4,000, Q0e.000.o0o,-
100000.
@. rs i proper to designate the
inha bitants OF Holland as Holland
Dutch?" =
A. Yes.
O. What will one thousand dol
lars with six per cent interest COM
pounded annually, amount to In ten
years? =
!. A. s1.7so.so.
II you want q copy OF our bulIeA
tin ON HOW TO UTIlAZE LEFT.
OVERS, write to The. Waterbury
Democrats Washington bureau. .en-
closing five cents In postage
stamps. NJ
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
"A Pan-American Bank

It sounds ambitious, and bit risky,
when. the American delegation to the
PAM American conference in Uruguay
talks of establishing sort of Pan-Amer-
lean Bank In which our Federal Reserve
Bank would hook up with the national
banks Of Latin-American nations. How
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21

The Rev Charles E. Coughlin, the radio
crusader, is pleased with the withdrawal
of Secretary of Treasury. William H.
Woodin and his Undersecretary Dean
Acheson. In his talk Sunday he referred
to the gentlemen as the money changers"
to whom he had referred in previous
talks. Talking of them Father Coughlin
said, with their departure passes the
malevolent influence of the Morgans.
With their departure comes an end to one
of the chief distractions to our financial
emancipation. :" Personally we never
thought of Mr. Woodin as such bugaboo.
He always struck us as rather mild-man-
nered, perhaps not quite suited to the
Treasury department. Doubtless, though,
his theories were those of the Morgan
house of finance of which he was grad
uate And such theories are not to general
liking today.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-11-21
Know Your Waterbury
Its History, Facts and General Information
Information

water was conveyed to the premises
of Bennett Bronson, John Kings
bury, Elijah Hotchkiss. and others
on Willow and West Main streets.
In 1881 the modern process of
making brass by direct fusion OF
copper and zinc was invented by
James Emerson in England. About
1902 this process was used in Wa
terbury which Is believed to be the
first on this continent. This was
the first rolling Of brass in Water
bury.
The postoffice was established in
Waterbury about 1903, Colonel
William Leavenworth was the first
postmaster.
The Oldest authorized highway in
Waterbury Is In the eastern section
Of the city. 1t dates back to 1854
and was substantially East Main
street and the old Cheshire road to
East Farms schoolhouse.
Bank street was named from the
Waterbury Bank which formerly
was located at the, corner of Bank
and Grand streets. This was once
known as the road to Thomas Por-
ter's and to Beaver Meadow.
--
The first pipes for the consunp-
ton Of gas were laid in w aterbury
In 1852. Permission was granted
to Thomas G. Baxter of New York,
representing Charles Illus.